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Mechanism of copper(II)-induced misfolding of Parkinson's disease protein
α-synuclein (aS) is a natively unfolded pre-synaptic protein found in all Parkinson's disease patients as the major component of fibrillar plaques. Metal ions, and especially Cu(II), have been demonstrated to accelerate aggregation of aS into fibrillar plaques, the precursors to Lewy bodies. In...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216499/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22355530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00011 |