Tau protein and the neurofibrillary pathology of Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 121-131

  Goedert, M ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030005625     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34410.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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