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Muscle cells and motoneurons differentially remove mutant SOD1 causing familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jul 2011
Onesto Elisa, Rusmini Paola, Crippa Valeria, Ferri Nicola, Zito Arianna, Galbiati Mariarita, Poletti Angelo
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motoneuronal disease which occurs in sporadic or familial forms, clinically indistinguishable. About 15% of familial ALS cases are linked to mutations of the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene that may induce misfolding in the coded protein, exerting...
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