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Science 12 November 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5443, p. 1255
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5443.1255a
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BACE Maps to Chromosome 11 and a BACE Homolog, BACE2, Reside in the Obligate Down Syndrome Region of Chromosome 21 

Aleister J. Saunders, Tae-Wan Kim, Rudolph E. Tanzi

Genetics and Aging Research Unit,
Department of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School,
Charlestown, MA 02129, USA

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