β-Secretase revealed: Starting gate for race to novel therapies for Alzheimer's disease

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 161-163

  Skovronsky, Daniel M ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0034192158     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01467-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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