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Deficit of heat shock transcription factor 1-heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A axis determines the cell death vulnerability in a model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Nov 2009
Li Li, Saegusa Hironao, Tanabe Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is caused by a small expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ)-encoding CAG repeat in Ca(v)2.1 calcium channel gene. To gain insights into pathogenic mechanism of SCA6, we used HEK293 cells expressing fusion protein of enhanced green fluorescent protein and Ca(v)2.1...
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