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Drosophila DJ-1 mutants show oxidative stress-sensitive locomotive dysfunction.
Gene - 21 Nov 2005
Park Jeehye, Kim Sung Yun, Cha Guang-Ho, Lee Sung Bae, Kim Sunhong, Chung Jongkyeong
Abstract excerpt
DJ-1 is linked to an early-onset autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD) characterized primarily by selective loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons, which results in motor disturbances. However, our understanding on how mutations in DJ-1 are related to PD is unclear. Here, we isolated the DJ-1 orthologue, DJ-1beta, in Drosophila and characterized its expression and loss-of-function mutants. We observed its...
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