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POLG1 polyglutamine tract variants associated with Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 14 Jun 2010
Eerola Johanna, Luoma Petri T, Peuralinna Terhi, Scholz Sonja, Paisan-Ruiz Coro, Suomalainen Anu, Singleton Andrew B, Tienari Pentti J
Abstract excerpt
A possible role of allelic variation of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG1) gene in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been suggested. First, POLG1 missense mutations have been found in patients with familial parkinsonism and mitochondrial myopathy. Second, increased frequency of rare alleles of the POLG1 CAG-repeat (poly-Q) has been found in Finnish idiopathic apparently sporadic PD patients, but...
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