A conformation- and phosphorylation-dependent antibody recognizing the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2087-2095

  Jicha, Gregory A ^a   Lane, Eric ^a   Vincent, Inez ^a   Otvos Jr , Laszlo ^b   Hoffmann, Ralf ^b   Davies, Peter ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Conformation; Epitope; Paired helical filaments; Phosphorylation; Tau

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030783142     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69052087.x     Document Type: Article

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