The secretases of Alzheimer's disease

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 233-261

  Wolfe, Michael S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BACE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1; PROTEINASE; PSEN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

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

EID: 0041357787     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(03)54011-x     Document Type: Review

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