Differential binding of apolipoprotein E isoforms to tau and other cytoskeletal proteins

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 252-260

  Fleming, Lynne M ^a   Weisgraber, Karl H ^b   Strittmatter, Warren J ^c   Troncoso, Juan C ^d   Johnson, Gail V W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0029865093     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0064     Document Type: Article

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