Long polyglutamine tracts impair the autophagy protein quality control pathway.

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Macquarie University Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: October 2017

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