Aspartate residue 7 in amyloid β-protein is critical for classical complement pathway activation: Implications for Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-79

  Velazquez, Peter ^a   Cribbs, David H ^a   Poulos, Thomas L ^a   Tenner, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031031747     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0197-77     Document Type: Article

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