Transglutaminase activity is increased in Alzheimer's disease brain

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 323-329

  Johnson, Gail V W ^a   Cox, Teresa M ^a   Lockhart, Jason P ^a   Zinnerman, Marcus D ^a   Miller, Michael L ^a   Powers, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; neurofibrillary tangle; Tau protein; transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0030998670     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01431-X     Document Type: Article

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