Functional characterization of amyloid β precursor protein regulatory elements: Rationale for the identification of genetic polymorphism

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1030, Issue , 2004, Pages 282-288

  Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amyloid; Brain; Dementia; Gene regulation; Polymorphism; Promoter; SNP; Transcription; protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 15044338559     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1329.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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