The 1239G/C Polymorphism in Exon 5 of BACE1 Gene May Be Associated with Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease in Chinese Hans

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 124 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-57

  Shi, Jiajun ^a,b   Zhang, Sizhong ^a   Tang, Mouni ^b   Liu, Xiehe ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Wang, Yingcheng ^a   Han, Haiying ^b   Guo, Yangbo ^b   Hao, Yuantao ^c   Zheng, Keqin ^a   Kong, Xiangdong ^a   Su, Zhiguang ^a   Tong, Yu ^a   Ma, Cui ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Psychiatry Hospital   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BETA SECRETASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACE1 GENE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0347363539     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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