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A network of genes connects polyglutamine toxicity to ploidy control in yeast.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2013
Kaiser Christoph J O, Grötzinger Stefan W, Eckl Julia M, Papsdorf Katharina, Jordan Stefan, Richter Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Neurodegeneration is linked to protein aggregation in several human disorders. In Huntington's disease, the length of a polyglutamine stretch in Huntingtin is correlated to neuronal death. Here we utilize a model based on glutamine stretches of 0, 30 or 56 residues in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to understand how such toxic proteins interfere with cellular physiology. A toxicity-mimicking cytostatic effect is...
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