BACE, APP Processing, and Signal Transduction in Alzheimer's Disease

BACE: Lead Target for Orchestrated Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-13

  Bredesen, Dale E ^a,b   Koo, Edward H ^c  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BACE cleavage, caspase cleavage and neuronal trophic dependence; BACE, APP processing and signal transduction in Alzheimer's disease; Key mutations proximal of app processing to A

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868580800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470594087.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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