The βA4 amyloid precursor protein gene and Alzheimer's disease

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-15

  Hendriks, Lydia ^a   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Mutation; Proteolysis; A4 amyloid; A4 amyloid precursor protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 21; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MONKEY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029670381     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0006n.x     Document Type: Article

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