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Familial ALS-superoxide dismutases associate with mitochondria and shift their redox potentials.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Sept 2006
Ferri Alberto, Cozzolino Mauro, Crosio Claudia, Nencini Monica, Casciati Arianna, Gralla Edith Butler, Rotilio Giuseppe, Valentine Joan Selverstone, Carrì Maria Teresa
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies suggest that the toxicity of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mutant Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) arises from its selective recruitment to mitochondria. Here we demonstrate that each of 12 different familial ALS-mutant SOD1s with widely differing biophysical properties...
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