Mutational screening of the mortalin gene (HSPA9) in Parkinson's disease.

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Mortalin is a mitochondrial chaperone of the heat shock protein 70 family. Mortalin plays a central role in mitochondrial biogenesis through its capacity to direct the import of nuclear-encoded proteins into the mitochondria. As mitochondrial dysfunction has been involved in Parkinson's disease (PD), changes in mortalin function and expression could manifest as a higher risk of developing PD. In agreement with...

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