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Post-aggregation oxidation of mutant huntingtin controls the interactions between aggregates.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Oct 2012
Mitomi Yasushi, Nomura Takao, Kurosawa Masaru, Nukina Nobuyuki, Furukawa Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
Aggregation of protein molecules is a pathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases. Abnormal modifications have often been observed in the aggregated proteins, supporting the aggregation mechanism regulated by post-translational modifications on proteins. Modifications are in general assumed to occur in soluble proteins before aggregation, but actually it remains quite obscure when proteins are...
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