Neuritic Plaque Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease Is Highly Racemized

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 69-74

  Shapira, Raymond ^a   Austin, Garth E ^a   Mirra, Suzanne S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amino acids; Amyloid; Neuritic plaques; Racemization; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; SERINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023854844     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1988.tb13231.x     Document Type: Article

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