Toxic Myocilin Aggregates (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Toxic Myocilin Aggregates

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This image shows the glaucoma-associated olfactomedin domain of myocilin in straight fibrils common to many amyloids (left) and a disease causing variant forming large circular fibrils (right).

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Hill, et al., 2013.

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