Alzheimer-associated presenilins 1 and 2: Neuronal expression in brain and localization to intracellular membranes in mammalian cells

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-229

  Kovacs, Dora M ^a   Fausett, Hillary J ^a   Page, Keith J ^a   Kim, Tae Wan ^a   Moir, Robert D ^a   Merriam, David E ^a   Hollister, Richard D ^a   Hallmark', Olivia G ^a   Mancini, Ronald ^a   Felsenstein, Kevin M ^b   Hyman, Bradley T ^a   Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a   Wasco, Wilma ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; PRESENILIN-1; PRESENILIN-2; RATS; RNA PROBES;

EID: 13344282063     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0296-224     Document Type: Article

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