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John B Warner1, Kiersten M Ruff2, Piau Siong Tan3

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, Brain Mind Institute, Station 19, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

概括

亨廷顿病的研究显示单体亨廷丁蛋白质不会急剧改变形状. 相反,较长的多重胺 (polyQ) 链导致持续的紧缩,这表明细胞相互作用推动了疾病的进展.