Selective destruction of stable microtubules and axons by inhibitors of protein serine/threonine phosphatases in cultured human neurons (NT2N cells)

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 5726-5737

  Merrick, Sandra E ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cytoskeleton; Paired helical filaments; Protein phosphatase 1; Protein phosphatase 2A; Tau

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; SERINE PHOSPHATASE; TAU PROTEIN; THREONINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0030813929     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05726.1997     Document Type: Article

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