Characterization of the precursor protein of the non-Aβ component of senile plaques (NACP) in the human central nervous system

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 889-895

  Irizarry, Michael C ^a   Kim, Tae Wan ^a   Mcnamara, Megan ^a   Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a   George, Julia M ^b   Clayton, David F ^b   Hyman, Bradley T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; NACP; Synaptophysin; Synelfin; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SENILE PLAQUE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOSOME; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029820770     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199608000-00004     Document Type: Review

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