Assembly, trafficking and function of γ-secretase

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Kaether, Christoph ^a,b   Haass, Christian ^a   Steiner, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Secretase; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid peptide; Presenilin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTERIOR PHARYNX DEFECTIVE 1 PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; GAMMA SECRETASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; PROTEIN APH 1B; PROTEIN PEN 2; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENILE PLAQUE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33750151419     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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