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Mouse models of alpha-synucleinopathy and Lewy pathology.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Dec 2000
Sommer B, Barbieri S, Hofele K, Wiederhold K, Probst A, Mistl C, Danner S, Kauffmann S, Spooren W, Tolnay M, Bilbe G, van der Putten H, Kafmann S, Caromi P, Ruegg M A
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of two missense mutations (A53T and A30P) in the gene encoding the presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein (alphaSN) that are genetically linked to rare familial forms of Parkinson's disease and its accumulation in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites has triggered several attempts to generate transgenic mice overexpressing human alphaSN. Analogous to a successful strategy for the production of transgenic...
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