Identification and expression of the first nonmammalian amyloid-β precursor-like protein APLP2 in the amphibian Xenopus laevis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1906-1912

  Collin, Rob W J ^a   Van Strien, Denise ^a   Leunissen, Jack A M ^b   Martens, Gerard J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyloid ; APLP2; APP superfamily; Phylogeny; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FROG; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SOUTH AFRICA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2442682702     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04100.x     Document Type: Article

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