Defects on Regulators of Disease-causing Proteins Can Cause Neurological Disease

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    Targeted News Service (USA), February 22, 2018 Colleges, 3pp
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    • Abstract:
      HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 22 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: When the protein Ataxin1 accumulates in neurons it causes a neurological condition called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a disease characterized by progressive problems with balance. Ataxin1 accumulates because of a mutation that produces an abnormal, very long version of the protein that forms clumps inside neurons...