Increased release of an amyloidogenic C-
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F. Baskin; R. N. Rosenberg; B. D. Greenberg
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Amyloid plaques, found in characteristically large numbers in specific brain areas of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Down's Syndrome (DS) patients, are composed of a 4 1 4 3 amino acid peptide, A4, derived from a transmembrane glycoprotein, amyloid precursor protein (APP). In transformed cells APP has