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α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease.

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α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. / Martin, Frank; Allsop, David; Williamson, Sally J. M. et al.
In: Protein and Peptide Letters, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2004, p. 229-237.

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Martin, F, Allsop, D, Williamson, SJM, Paleologou, KE & El-Agnaf, OMA 2004, 'α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease.', Protein and Peptide Letters, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 229-237. <http://www.bentham.org/ppl/contabs/ppl11-3.htm##link3>

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Martin, F., Allsop, D., Williamson, S. J. M., Paleologou, K. E., & El-Agnaf, O. M. A. (2004). α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. Protein and Peptide Letters, 11(3), 229-237. http://www.bentham.org/ppl/contabs/ppl11-3.htm##link3

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Martin F, Allsop D, Williamson SJM, Paleologou KE, El-Agnaf OMA. α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. Protein and Peptide Letters. 2004;11(3):229-237.

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Martin, Frank ; Allsop, David ; Williamson, Sally J. M. et al. / α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. In: Protein and Peptide Letters. 2004 ; Vol. 11, No. 3. pp. 229-237.

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title = "α-Synuclein and the pathogenesis of Parkinson{\textquoteright}s disease.",
abstract = "Lesions known as Lewy bodies (LBs) and Lewy neurites (LNs) characterise brains of Parkinson{\textquoteright}s disease (PD) patients. Intracellular aggregation of a-synuclein (a-syn) appears to play a key role in the generation of LBs andLNs. Such aggregation in the presence of redox metals may initiate Fenton reaction-mediated generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS thus generated may result in cytotoxic mechanisms such as the induction of DNA single-strand breaks.",
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RIS

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