β-Secretase Processing of the Alzheimer's Amyloid Protein Precursor (APP)

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-239

  Marlow, Laura ^a   Cain, Melissa ^b   Pappolla, Miguel A ^c   Sambamurti, Kumar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Northwest Ctr for Medical Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Aspartyl protease; BACE1; Memapsin 2; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LIPID; MONOMER; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BRAIN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GUINEA PIGS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0642371716     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:20:3:233     Document Type: Article

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