Amyloid Precursor Protein
Subtitle: A Practical Approach
Contributors: Weiming Xia (Editor); Huaxi Xu (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780849322457
Subjects: Physiology; Medical / Nursing; Laboratory manuals; Science; Science/Mathematics; Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Molecular Biology; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Amyloid beta-protein precursor
First sentence: Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a single transmembrane protein that undergoes sequential proteolysis to generate multiple peptides, including the amyloid ß-peptide (Aß)  the major component of the senile plaques that are diagnostic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD).1,2