β-secretase as a target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-379

  Citron, Martin ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

secretase; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; BACE; Drug development; Expression cloning

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BETA SECRETASE; BETA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BRAIN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 0037010298     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10393     Document Type: Short Survey

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