Structure of nicastrin unveils secrets of γ-secretase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14643-14644

  Bolduc, David M ^a   Wolfe, Michael S ^a  

^a Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Neurologic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETASE;

CHEMISTRY; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; DICTYOSTELIUM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 84907919482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416637111     Document Type: Note

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