Molecular analysis of the presenilin 1 (S182) gene in "sporadic" cases of Alzheimer's disease: Identification and characterisation of unusual splice variants

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1774-1777

  Anwar, Rashida ^a   Moynihan, Terry P ^a   Ardley, Helen ^a   Brindle, Nicholas ^a   Coletta, P Louise ^a   Cairns, Nigel ^b   Markham, Alexander F ^a   Robinson, Philip A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Gene transcription; Presenilin 1 gene

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESENILIN-1; RNA;

EID: 0029962284     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66041774.x     Document Type: Article

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