Molecular basis for amyloidosis related to hereditary brain hemorrhage

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Supplement

Volumn 56, Issue 226, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Abrahamson, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amyloid; cystatin; mutagenesis; point mutation; protease inhibitor; recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CYSTATIN C; CYSTATIN;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CYSTATINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0030342083     PISSN: 0085591X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519609168298     Document Type: Review

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