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Mutations associated with a locus for familial Alzheimer's disease result in alternative processing of amyloid beta-protein precursor.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Jul 1994
Haass C, Hung A Y, Selkoe D J, Teplow D B
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid beta-protein (A beta), a molecule produced by post-translational processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta APP). Mutations within the gene encoding beta APP have been linked to early onset forms of AD, but the pathogenetic mechanism(s) producing the phenotype are unknown. We...
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