Peptide ligand screening of α-synuclein aggregation modulators by <it>in silico </it>panning

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>α-Synuclein is a Parkinson's-disease-related protein. It forms aggregates <it>in vivo</it>, and these aggregates cause cell cytotoxicity. Aggregation inhibitors are expected to reduce α-synuclein cytotoxicity, and an...

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Main Authors: Sode Koji, Kobayashi Natsuki, Abe Koichi, Ikebukuro Kazunori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/451