PARK3 explained

Parkinson disease 3 (autosomal dominant, Lewy body) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PARK3 gene.^[1]

Further reading

• DeStefano AL, Lew MF, Golbe LI, Mark MH, Lazzarini AM, Guttman M, Montgomery E, Waters CH, Singer C, Watts RL, Currie LJ, Wooten GF, Maher NE, Wilk JB, Sullivan KM, Slater KM, Saint-Hilaire MH, Feldman RG, Suchowersky O, Lafontaine AL, Labelle N, Growdon JH, Vieregge P, Pramstaller PP, Klein C, Hubble JP, Reider CR, Stacy M, MacDonald ME, Gusella JF, Myers RH . 6 . PARK3 influences age at onset in Parkinson disease: a genome scan in the GenePD study . American Journal of Human Genetics . 70 . 5 . 1089–95 . May 2002 . 11920285 . 447587 . 10.1086/339814 .
• Sharma M, Mueller JC, Zimprich A, Lichtner P, Hofer A, Leitner P, Maass S, Berg D, Dürr A, Bonifati V, De Michele G, Oostra B, Brice A, Wood NW, Muller-Myhsok B, Gasser T . 6 . The sepiapterin reductase gene region reveals association in the PARK3 locus: analysis of familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease in European populations . Journal of Medical Genetics . 43 . 7 . 557–62 . July 2006 . 16443856 . 2593029 . 10.1136/jmg.2005.039149 . European Consortium on Genetic Susceptibility in Parkinson's Disease (GSPD) .
• Gasser T, Müller-Myhsok B, Wszolek ZK, Oehlmann R, Calne DB, Bonifati V, Bereznai B, Fabrizio E, Vieregge P, Horstmann RD . 6 . A susceptibility locus for Parkinson's disease maps to chromosome 2p13 . Nature Genetics . 18 . 3 . 262–5 . March 1998 . 9500549 . 10.1038/ng0398-262 . 11700866 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Parkinson disease 3 (autosomal dominant, Lewy body) .