Degradation of Alzheimer's ß-Amyloid Protein by Human and Rat Brain Peptidases: Involvement of Insulin-Degrading Enzyme
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 22 (1) , 49-56
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1027325304203
Abstract
We examined the degradation of Alzheimer's ß-amyloid protein (1–40) by soluble and synaptic membrane fractions from post mortem human and fresh rat brain using HPLC. Most of the activity at neutral...Keywords
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