The neurodegeneration mutant löchrig interferes with cholesterol homeostasis and Appl processing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6367-6376

  Tschäpe, Jakob Andreas ^a,b   Hammerschmied, Christine ^a   Mühlig Versen, Max ^a   Athenstaedt, Karin ^c   Daum, Günther ^c   Kretzschmar, Doris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein like; Cholesterol; Drosophila; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CYCLIC AMP; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN LOCHRIG; STATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FLY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LOE GENE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN KINASES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037011118     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf636     Document Type: Article

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