Calpain‐Induced Proteolysis of Normal Human Tau and Tau Associated with Paired Helical Filaments

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 9-17

  Yang, Liang‐Sheng ^a   Ksiezak‐Reding, Hanna ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; calpain; paired helical filaments; proteolysis; tau

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BINDING SITES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALPAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0028785672     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: 14321033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.009_1.x     Document Type: Article

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