The Parkin-like ubiquitin E3 ligase Ariadne-1 in the mammalian brain: Potential implications for neurodegenerative disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a movement disorder characterized by a massive loss of dopaminergic neurons of nigrostriatal origins. Several genes associated with familial cases of PD encode proteins that are direct components of the 26S Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) or interact with enzymes involv...

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Main Author: Cadena, Juan G
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3359131