The value of Arabidopsis research in understanding human disease states

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-307

  Xu, Xiang Ming ^a   Møller, Simon Geir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELLULAR PROCESS; HUMAN DISEASE; HUMAN GENOMES; KEY MODELS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PLANT BIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTIONS;

GENES; PARKS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; DJ 1 PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FRATAXIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; METALLOPROTEINASE; PRESEQUENCE PROTEASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79954418589     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.11.007     Document Type: Review

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