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Native functions of the androgen receptor are essential to pathogenesis in a Drosophila model of spinobulbar muscular atrophy.
Neuron - 23 Sept 2010
Nedelsky Natalia B, Pennuto Maria, Smith Rebecca B, Palazzolo Isabella, Moore Jennifer, Nie Zhiping, Neale Geoffrey, Taylor J Paul
Abstract excerpt
Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the androgen receptor (AR). This mutation confers toxic function to AR through unknown mechanisms. Mutant AR toxicity requires binding of its hormone ligand, suggesting that pathogen...
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