Cytotoxicity of superoxide dismutase 1 in cultured cells is linked to Zn2+ chelation.

Neurodegeneration in protein-misfolding disease is generally assigned to toxic function of small, soluble protein aggregates. Largely, these assignments are based on observations of cultured neural cells where the suspect protein material is titrated directly into the growth medium. In the present s...

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Main Authors: Ann-Sofi Johansson, Monika Vestling, Per Zetterström, Lisa Lang, Lina Leinartaitė, Mikael Karlström, Jens Danielsson, Stefan L Marklund, Mikael Oliveberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338499?pdf=render