TorsinA and heat shock proteins act as molecular chaperones: suppression of α‐synuclein aggregation
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- 4 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 83 (4), 846-854
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01190.x
Abstract
TorsinA, a protein with homology to yeast heat shock protein104, has previously been demonstrated to colocalize with α-synuclein in Lewy bodies, the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease. Heat...Keywords
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