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Default Structure of Parkinson's disease protein identified
Structure of Parkinson's disease protein identified

PhysOrg Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:15 AM PDT

A team of researchers from the Petsko-Ringe and Pochapsky laboratories at Brandeis have produced and determined the structure of alpha-synuclein, a key protein associated with Parkinson’s disease.

Their findings, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provide information that may someday be used to produce a new kind of treatment for the incurable degenerative brain disorder.
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