Cytoskeletal changes in the brains of mice lacking calcineurin Aα

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1668-1678

  Kayyali, Usamah S ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Yee, Ann G ^a   Seidman, J G ^a   Potter, Huntington ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Calcineurin; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilaments; Phosphorylation;

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030945154     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68041668.x     Document Type: Article

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