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Cytoplasmic mislocalization of TDP-43 is toxic to neurons and enhanced by a mutation associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 13 Jan 2010
Barmada Sami J, Skibinski Gaia, Korb Erica, Rao Elizabeth J, Wu Jane Y, Finkbeiner Steven
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Mutations in the gene encoding TDP-43-the major protein component of neuronal aggregates characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with ubiquitin-positive inclusion bodies-have been linked to familial forms of both disorders. Aggregates of...
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