Modeling Parkinson’s disease in yeast

Alpha-Synuclein (α-Syn) is a protein mostly found in the presynaptic terminal of neurons in the brain. It is implicated in the neuropathology of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) to form Lewy bodies when accumulated progressively. Previous studies have shown that wild-type and 6 mutant α-Syn forms amyloid fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neo, Natalie Ling Yin
Other Authors: Choe Young Jun
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143292