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Mechanistic insight into the pathology of polyalanine expansion disorders revealed by a mouse model for X linked hypopituitarism.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Hughes James, Piltz Sandra, Rogers Nicholas, McAninch Dale, Rowley Lynn, Thomas Paul
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Polyalanine expansions in transcription factors have been associated with eight distinct congenital human diseases. It is thought that in each case the polyalanine expansion causes misfolding of the protein that abrogates protein function. Misfolded proteins form aggregates when expressed in vitro; however, it is less clear whether aggregation is of relevance to these diseases in vivo. To investigate this issue,...
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