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Mitochondrial transcription factor A variants and the risk of Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 18 Jan 2010
Gaweda-Walerych Katarzyna, Safranow Krzysztof, Maruszak Aleksandra, Bialecka Monika, Klodowska-Duda Gabriela, Czyzewski Krzysztof, Slawek Jaroslaw, Rudzinska Monika, Styczynska Maria, Opala Grzegorz, Drozdzik Marek, Kurzawski Maciej, Szczudlik Andrzej, Canter Jeffrey A, Barcikowska Maria, Zekanowski Cezary
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) has been recently shown to decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. It is also known that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups might confer different coupling properties, resulting in different ROS levels. We hypothesized that potentially...
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