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The zebrafish homologue of Parkinson's disease ATP13A2 is essential for embryonic survival.
Brain research bulletin - 1 Jan 2013
Lopes da Fonseca Tomás, Correia Ana, Hasselaar Wiebren, van der Linde Herma C, Willemsen Rob, Outeiro Tiago Fleming
Abstract excerpt
ATP13A2 is a lysosome-specific transmembrane ATPase protein of unknown function. This protein was initially linked to Kufor-Rakeb syndrome where it is absent or mutated. More recently, point mutations in ATP13A2 were linked to familial cases of Parkinson's disease. Zebrafish is commonly used as a vertebrate model for the study of different neurodegenerative diseases and has homologues of several Parkinson's...
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