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Nature Genetics 37, 771–776 (1 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/ng1591

Dynein mutations impair autophagic clearance of aggregate-prone proteins

Brinda Ravikumar , Abraham Acevedo-Arozena , Sara Imarisio , Zdenek Berger , Coralie Vacher , Cahir J O'Kane , Steve D M Brown & David C Rubinsztein

Mutations that affect the dynein motor machinery are sufficient to cause motor neuron disease. It is not known why there are aggregates or inclusions in affected tissues in mice with such mutations and in most forms of human motor neuron disease.