Structural and functional analysis of human SOD1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with familial inheritance (fALS) in 5% to 10% of cases; 25% of those are caused by mutations in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein. More than 100 mutations in the SOD1 gene have been associated with fALS, altering the ge...

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Main Authors: Lorenna Giannini Alves Moreira, Livia Costa Pereira, Priscila Ramalho Drummond, Joelma Freire De Mesquita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3846731?pdf=render