Microtubule assembly competence analysis of freshly-biopsied human tau, dephosphorylated tau, and Alzheimer tau

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-20

  Garver, T D ^a   Lehman, R A W ^a   Billingsley, M L ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; microtubule reassembly; paired helical filaments; tau; tubulin

Indexed keywords

OKADAIC ACID; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; RATS; TAU PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029874980     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960401)44:1<12::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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