Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to study APP function

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 397-411

  Ewald, Collin Y ^a   Li, Chris ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apl 1; Beta amyloid; C. elegans; Model system

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; PRESENILIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN APL 1; PROTEIN FEH 1; PROTEIN IGF 1; PROTEIN SEL 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING DISORDER; LETHALITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84862834663     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2905-7     Document Type: Review

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