Featured articles
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June 2006
Merciful modification
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Palmitoylation is disrupted in huntingtin protein with disease-associated polyglutamine expansion, resulting in the formation of inclusion bodies and increased vulnerability to cell death.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 9, 824-831 (2006)
Six degrees of ataxia
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Network analysis of protein–protein interactions shows connections between proteins associated with distinct ataxia disorders.
Original research paper: Cell 125, 801-814 (2006)
Breaking the law
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RNA mediates the non-mendelian inheritance of a pigment phenotype without the accompanying genotype.
Original research paper: Nature 441, 469-474 (2006)
Mostly normal
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Data from microarrays, the Allen Brain Atlas and the Mouse Neuronal Expression Database show that changes in networks of genes compensate for the loss of GABAA
1 in knockout mice.Original research paper: Journal of Neuroscience 26, 5673-5683 (2006)