Does an inhibition of the ubiquitin/26S proteasome pathway of protein degradation underlie the pathogenesis of non-familial Alzheimer's disease?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 395-399

  Layfield, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1; PROTEASOME; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035037689     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1198     Document Type: Article

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