Molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary degeneration and therapeutic intervention

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 132-138

  Iqbal, K ^a   Grundke Iqbal, I ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; BRAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029917886     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34411.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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