What the evolution of the amyloid protein precursor supergene family tells us about its function

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Coulson, E J ^a   Paliga, K ^b   Beyreuther, K ^b   Masters, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Amyloid; APLP1; APLP2; APP; Evolution

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033972608     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(99)00125-4     Document Type: Review

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