Alzheimer's disease neurofibrillary tangles contain mitosis-specific phosphoepitopes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2405-2416

  Kondratick, Christine M ^a   Vandré, Dale D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Microtubule associated protein ; Neurofibrillary tangles; Paired helical filaments; Phosphoepitopes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029824877     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062405.x     Document Type: Article

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