<em>C. Elegans</em> Huntingtin (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

<em>C. Elegans</em> Huntingtin

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The image shows a C. elegans model of Huntington's disease under the microscope. When the scientists silence the protein UBR5, they see a dramatic increase in the number of toxic protein aggregates in the neurons. The green areas are the protein aggregates.

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Seda Koyuncu and Isabel Saez

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