Restoration of biological activity of Alzheimer abnormally phosphorylated τ by dephosphorylation with protein phosphatase-2A, -2B and -1

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 200-208

  Wang, Jian Zhi ^a   Grundke Iqbal, Inge ^a   Iqbal, Khalid ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Microtubule associated protein; Microtubules; Neurofibrillary degeneration; Paired helical filaments; Protein phosphatases

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029995590     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00316-K     Document Type: Article

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