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Porcine APP cDNAs: molecular cloning and characterization, expression analysis, chromosomal localization and SNP analysis.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jul 2006
Oerum Marianne Abildgaard, Bendixen Christian, Madsen Lone Bruhn, Larsen Knud
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The human amyloid precursor protein (APP) is the precursor of Abeta, a peptide with the potential to create amyloid plaques in neurons. Mutations in the human APP gene are associated with the familial form of Alzheimer's disease. In addition, differential expression of three alternative pre-mRNA APP splicing variants of 695, 751, and 770 amino acids is linked to the pathogenesis. In this study, two novel...
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