The precursor pro-nerve growth factor is the predominant form of nerve growth factor in brain and is increased in Alzheimer's disease

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 210-220

  Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   Michalski, Bernadeta ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Coughlin, Michael D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PRO NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034848604     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2001.1016     Document Type: Article

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