Polymeropoulos M.H., Lavedan C., Leroy E., Ide S.E., Dehejia A.,Dutra A., Pike B., Root H., Rubenstein J., Boyer R., Stenroos E.S.,Chandrasekharappa S., Athanassiadou A., Papapetropoulos T., JohnsonW.G., Lazzarini A.M., Duvoisin R.C., Di Iorio G., Golbe L.I.,Nussbaum R.L. Mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene identified infamilies with Parkinson’s disease. The gene discussed is SNCA; the disease is Parkinson disease.