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Evidence for the presence of full-length PARK2 mRNA and Parkin protein in human blood.
Neuroscience letters - 4 Sept 2009
Kasap Murat, Akpinar Gurler, Sazci Ali, Idrisoglu Halil A, Vahaboğlu Haluk
Abstract excerpt
Research on Parkinson's disease fails to pinpoint a single gene or a gene product as the causative factor. However, the early onset form of the disease may be caused by mutations in PARK2 gene. Some studies related to the biochemistry or other aspects of the PARK2 gene or its product mostly used cDNA generated from substantia nigra of the mid-brain. This is essentially because the presence of the 1.4kb...
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