APP physiological and pathophysiological functions: Insights from animal models

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-89

  Guo, Qinxi ^a,b   Wang, Zilai ^a   Li, Hongmei ^a   Wiese, Mary ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

A knock in; Alzheimers disease; Animal models; APP

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84855483701     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.116     Document Type: Review

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