Evolution of senescence: Alzheimer's disease and evolution

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-22

  Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 2; PSEN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PSEN2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; REVIEW;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRESENILIN-2;

EID: 0029683760     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00411-6     Document Type: Article

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