Amyloid, presenilins, and Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscientist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Van Gassen, Geert ^a   Annaert, Wim ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b O and N ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

secretase; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid beta; Presenilins; Regulated intramembrane proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SECRETASE; AMINO ACID; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTERIOR PHARYNX DEFECTIVE 1 PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN; PROTEIN PEN 2; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PRESENILIN-1;

EID: 0037378001     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858403252227     Document Type: Review

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