BACE1 (β-secretase) knockout mice do not acquire compensatory gene expression changes or develop neural lesions over time

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Luo, Yi ^a   Bolon, Brad ^a   Damore, Michael A ^a   Fitzpatrick, Dan ^a   Liu, Hantao ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Yan, Qiao ^a   Vassar, Robert ^b   Citron, Martin ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; A ; BACE; Knockout; Secretase

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0042334543     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-9961(03)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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