Open AccessMisfolding in muscle when neuron misfires
Author(s) -
Richard Robinson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1796rr3
Subject(s) - biology , neuron , transcription factor , microbiology and biotechnology , protein aggregation , motor neuron , neuroscience , protein folding , cell , gene , genetics , spinal cord
![Graphic][1] Mutation of a neuronal transcription factor that activates neurons causes protein misfolding and aggregation (green) in worm muscle cells.MORIMOTO/CSHL An overactive neuron can cause protein aggregation in its target cell, according to new work by Susana Garcia,
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