Caspase cleavage of APP results in a cytotoxic proteolytic peptide

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-386

  Milligan, Carolanne E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CASPASE; GENE PRODUCT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHORT SURVEY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; HUMANS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0034088719     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74644     Document Type: Short Survey

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