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Polyglutamine-Expanded Androgen Receptor Truncation Fragments Activate a Bax-Dependent Apoptotic Cascade Mediated by DP5/Hrk
18 Feb 2009
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat expansion in the androgen receptor (AR). PolyQ-AR neurotoxicity may involve generation of an N-terminal truncation fragment, as such peptides occur in SBMA patients and mouse models. To elucidate the basis of SBMA, we expressed N-terminal truncated AR in motor neuron-derived cells and primary...
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