Alpha-synuclein is part of a diverse and highly conserved interaction network that includes PARK9 and manganese toxicity.

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Published in Nat Genet on February 01, 2009

Authors

Aaron D Gitler1, Alessandra Chesi, Melissa L Geddie, Katherine E Strathearn, Shusei Hamamichi, Kathryn J Hill, Kim A Caldwell, Guy A Caldwell, Antony A Cooper, Jean-Christophe Rochet, Susan Lindquist

Author Affiliations

1: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.

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