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Mechanisms in dominant parkinsonism: The toxic triangle of LRRK2, alpha-synuclein, and tau.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Mar 2010
Taymans Jean-Marc, Cookson Mark R
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is generally sporadic but a number of genetic diseases have parkinsonism as a clinical feature. Two dominant genes, alpha-synuclein (SNCA) and leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), are important for understanding inherited and sporadic PD. SNCA is a major component of pat...
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