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David Westaway

University of AlbertaORCID

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D Westaway, D. WESTAWAY, D. Westaway, DAVID WESTAWAY, Dave Westaway, David A. Westaway, David Westaway, Westaway, D, Westaway, D., Westaway, David

247

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23.2K

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University of AlbertaUniversity of TorontoOccupational Cancer Research CentreUniversity of California, San FranciscoMcLaughlin Research Institute
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About

David Westaway is an author at University of Alberta specializing in medicine, natural sciences, and genetics.

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YearCitations

A cellular gene encodes scrapie PrP 27-30 protein

Bruno Oesch, David Westaway, Monika Wälchli,

Cell

1985

1.5K

Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice

Martin Citron, David Westaway, Weiming Xia,

Nature Medicine

1997

1.3K

The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo

David R. Brown, Kefeng Qin, Jochen Herms,

Nature

1997

1.3K

Lysosomal Proteolysis and Autophagy Require Presenilin 1 and Are Disrupted by Alzheimer-Related PS1 Mutations

Ju‐Hyun Lee, Wai Haung Yu, Asok Kumar,

Cell

2010

1.2K

Early-onset Amyloid Deposition and Cognitive Deficits in Transgenic Mice Expressing a Double Mutant Form of Amyloid Precursor Protein 695

M. Azhar Chishti, Dun-Shen Yang, Christopher Janus,

Journal of Biological Chemistry

2001

947

Transgenetic studies implicate interactions between homologous PrP isoforms in scrapie prion replication

Stanley B. Prusiner, Michael Scott, Dallas Foster,

Cell

1990

867

Linkage of a prion protein missense variant to Gerstmann–Sträussler syndrome

Karen Hsiao, Harry F. Baker, Tim Crow,

Nature

1989

843

Scrapie and cellular PrP isoforms are encoded by the same chromosomal gene

Konrad Basler, Bruno Oesch, Michael Scott,

Cell

1986

829

Hypersensitivity of DJ-1-deficient mice to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrindine (MPTP) and oxidative stress

Raymond H. Kim, Patrice D. Smith, Hossein Aleyasin,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2005

702

Transgenic mice expressing hamster prion protein produce species-specific scrapie infectivity and amyloid plaques

Michael Scott, Dallas Foster, C. Mirenda,

Cell

1989

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