Article
Presenilins and Alzheimer's disease: the role of A beta 42.
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum - 1 Jan 1998
Eckman C B
Abstract excerpt
The presenilin proteins, localized predominantly to the endoplasmic reticulum, are multi-transmembrane spanning proteins that are processed to form an approximately 27 kD N-terminal fragment and a corresponding 19 kD C-terminal fragment. Mutations in the presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 genes have b...
Topics
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Peptide Fragments
- Presenilin-1
- Presenilin-2
