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Wild-type but not Alzheimer-mutant amyloid precursor protein confers resistance against p53-mediated apoptosis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jun 1999
Xu X, Yang D, Wyss-Coray T, Yan J, Gan L, Sun Y, Mucke L
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Amyloid precursor proteins (APPs) are expressed in multiple organs and cell types in diverse species. Their conservation across species and high abundance in brain and the association of various APP missense mutations with autosomal dominant forms of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) suggest important roles for APP in the central nervous system. However, the basic functions of APP in the central nervous system...
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