Artefactual effects of lipid-based cell transfection reagents on AβPP processing and Aβ production

Amyloid

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-92

  Romano, Donna M ^a   Dong, Yuanlin ^a   Hiltunen, Mikko ^a   Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a   Xie, Zhongcong ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

A production; A PP processing; Electroporation; FuGene6; RNAifect; TKO

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; LIPID; REAGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; LIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33747622136     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120600722605     Document Type: Article

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