A novel carboxypeptidase B that processes native β-amyloid precursor protein is present in human hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 227-238

  Matsumoto, Akira ^a   Itoh, Kyoko ^a   Matsumoto, Reiko ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APP processing; Ependymal cell; Neuron; Senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CYTOSOL; EPENDYMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; MICROGLIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIKARYON; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PC12 CELLS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033971420     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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