The mechanism of γ-Secretase dysfunction in familial Alzheimer disease.

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Published in EMBO J on April 13, 2012

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Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez1, Leen Bammens, Iryna Benilova, Annelies Vandersteen, Manasi Benurwar, Marianne Borgers, Sam Lismont, Lujia Zhou, Simon Van Cleynenbreugel, Hermann Esselmann, Jens Wiltfang, Lutgarde Serneels, Eric Karran, Harrie Gijsen, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau, Kerensa Broersen, Bart De Strooper

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1: VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium.

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