Membrane-anchored aspartyl protease with Alzheimer's disease β- secretase activity

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6761, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Yan, Riqlang ^a   Blenkowski, Michael J ^a   Shuck, Mary E ^a   Miao, Hulyl ^a   Tory, Monica C ^a   Pauley, Adele M ^a   Brashler, John R ^a   Stratman, Nancy C ^a   Mathews, W Rodney ^a   Buhl, Allen E ^a   Carter, Donald B ^a   Tomasselll, Alfredo G ^a   Parodl, Luis A ^a   Helnrikson, Robert L ^a   Gurney, Mark E ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

EID: 0033518264     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/990107     Document Type: Article

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