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Alpha-synuclein dysfunction in Lewy body diseases.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Aug 2005
Tofaris George K, Spillantini Maria Grazia
Abstract excerpt
alpha-Synuclein belongs to a small group of natively unfolded proteins that can transiently bind to lipid membranes and acquire a partial alpha-helical conformation. Its relevance to Parkinson's disease (PD) is based on mutations found in familial cases of the disease and its presence in filament...
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