ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain

Conicella, Alexander E.; Zerze, Gül H.; Mittal, Jeetain; Fawzi, Nicolas L.

doi:10.1016/j.str.2016.07.007

Title: ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain

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Authors:: Conicella, Alexander E.; Zerze, Gül H.; Mittal, Jeetain; Fawzi, Nicolas L.

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1378784

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1359896

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013979; 0554548

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Structure

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Structure Journal Volume: 24 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0969-2126

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Conicella, Alexander E., Zerze, Gül H., Mittal, Jeetain, and Fawzi, Nicolas L. ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Conicella, Alexander E., Zerze, Gül H., Mittal, Jeetain, & Fawzi, Nicolas L. ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2016.07.007

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                    Conicella, Alexander E., Zerze, Gül H., Mittal, Jeetain, and Fawzi, Nicolas L. Thu .  
"ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2016.07.007.

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  title        = {ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain},

  author       = {Conicella, Alexander E. and Zerze, Gül H. and Mittal, Jeetain and Fawzi, Nicolas L.},

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