GTPase activity plays a key role in the pathobiology of LRRK2.

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Published in PLoS Genet on April 08, 2010

Authors

Yulan Xiong1, Candice E Coombes, Austin Kilaru, Xiaojie Li, Aaron D Gitler, William J Bowers, Valina L Dawson, Ted M Dawson, Darren J Moore

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1: NeuroRegeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

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