Relationship between presenilinase and γ-secretase

Drug News and Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Xia, Weiming ^a  

^a Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Neurologic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTERIOR PHARYNX DEFECTIVE 1 PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; GAMMA SECRETASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; PRESENILINASE; PROTEIN PEN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PRESENILIN-1; PRESENILIN-2;

EID: 0037933495     PISSN: 02140934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dnp.2003.16.2.740248     Document Type: Review

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