Using the zebrafish model for Alzheimer's disease research

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Newman, Morgan ^a   Ebrahimie, Esmaeil ^a   Lardelli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid beta protein precursor; Gamma secretase; MAPT; Presenilins; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-42]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; BETA SECRETASE 1; BETA SECRETASE 2; CHAPERONE; ENDONUCLEASE; GAMMA SECRETASE; PRESENILIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; COGNITION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84906282905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00189     Document Type: Review

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