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New links between SOD1 and metabolic dysfunction from a yeast model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of cell science - 1 Nov 2016
Bastow Emma L, Peswani Amber R, Tarrant Daniel S J, Pentland Daniel R, Chen Xi, Morgan Alan, Staniforth Gemma L, Tullet Jennifer M, Rowe Michelle L, Howard Mark J, Tuite Mick F, Gourlay Campbell W
Abstract excerpt
A number of genes have been linked to familial forms of the fatal motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Over 150 mutations within the gene encoding superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) have been implicated in ALS, but why such mutations lead to ALS-associated cellular dysfunction is unclear. In this study, we identify how ALS-linked SOD1 mutations lead to changes in the cellular health of the yeast...
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