Synuclein
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Synucleins are a family of soluble proteins common to vertebrates, primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
Research
22,841 papers- Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies.Nature · 1997
- Synuclein in neurodegeneration.Advances in clinical chemistry · 2021
- alpha-Synuclein locus triplication causes Parkinson's disease.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2003
- Alpha-synuclein aggregation.Protein and peptide letters · 2004
- The synuclein family.Genome research · 1998
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Family members
- Function
- Human proteins containing this domain
- References
- External links
Synucleins are a family of soluble proteins common to vertebrates, primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
The name is a blend of the words "synapse" and "nucleus", as it was first found in the synapses in the electromotor nucleus of the electric ray.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Synuclein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.