Expression of the APP gene family in brain cells, brain development and aging

Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-131

  Sandbrink, Rupert ^a   Mönning, Ursula ^a   Masters, Colin L ^b   Beyreuther, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Alzheimer8s disease; Amyloid precursor like protein; Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan; Differential isoform expression; Proteoglycan; Selective vulnerability of neurons; A4 amyloid protein precursor

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 1842329227     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213840     Document Type: Article

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