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K Rooke
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Citations - 4183
K Rooke is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Chromosome 21. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4055 citations.
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Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial alzheimers-disease
A. Goate,M-C. Chartier-Harlin,Michael Mullan,J Brown,Fiona Crawford,Liana Fidani,L Giuffra,A. Haynes,N Irving,L James,R Mant,P. J. Newton,K Rooke,P Roques,C. Conover Talbot,Pericak-Vance Margareta A,A. Roses,Robert Williamson,Martin N. Rossor,M. J. Owen,John Hardy +20 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that in this kindred, which shows linkage to chromosome 21 markers, there is a point mutation in the APP gene that causes an amino-acid substitution close to the carboxy terminus of the β-amyloid peptide.