Protein Clumps (image)

Umea University

Caption

Clumps of SOD1 protein (coloured brown) in the nerve cell that handle the body's motor functions. The image comes from an ALS patient lacking mutation in SOD1. This indicates that the protein is involved in the disease mechanism of ALS even if no mutation occurs in the protein.

Credit

Photo: Karin Forsberg

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