Ceramide selectively decreases tau levels in differentiated PC12 cells through modulation of calpain I

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1020-1030

  Xie, Han Qing ^a   Johnson, Gail V W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpain; Ceramide; Microtubule associated proteins; Pheochromocytoma cells

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CERAMIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; ENZYME REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030858411     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69031020.x     Document Type: Article

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