Link Between Parkinson's Disease Genes and Manganese Poisoning (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Link Between Parkinson's Disease Genes and Manganese Poisoning (2 of 2)

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Yeast PARK9 gene (YPK9) helps protect cells from manganese toxicity. Yeast cells missing the YPK9 gene (ypk9) grow normally under standard conditions (- Mn2+) but are much more sensitive to manganese (+ Mn2+) than wild-type (WT) cells.

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Alessandra Chesi, Ph.D., and Aaron Gitler, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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