Formation of a new fluorescence of human neuronal tau protein

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Luo, Jianying ^a   Li, Wei ^b   He, Rongqiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzbeimer's disease (AD); Fluorescence; Paired helical filaments (PHF); Tau protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007594743     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02896281     Document Type: Article

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