Neural thread protein gene expression and detection of Alzheimer's disease

摘要

The present invention is directed to recombinant hosts expressing proteins associated with Alzheimer's Disease, neuroectodermal tumors, maligant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. This invention is specifically directed to the recombinant hosts and vectors which contain the genes coding for the neuronal thread proteins. This invention is also directed to substantially pure neural thread protein, immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic methods to detect the presence of neural thread proteins, and the use of nucleic acid sequences which code neural thread proteins in gene therapy.