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Regulation of alpha-synuclein expression by poly (ADP ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) binding to the NACP-Rep1 polymorphic site upstream of the SNCA gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2005
Chiba-Falek Ornit, Kowalak Jeffrey A, Smulson Mark E, Nussbaum Robert L
Abstract excerpt
Alleles at NACP-Rep1, the polymorphic microsatellite repeat located approximately 10 kb upstream of the alpha -synuclein gene (SNCA), are associated, in some reports, with differing risks of sporadic Parkinson disease (PD). We showed previously that NACP-Rep1 acts as a negative modulator of SNCA transcription, with an effect that varied threefold among different NACP-Rep1 alleles. Given that duplications and...
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