Functional interactions between the proline-rich and repeat regions of tau enhance microtubule binding and assembly

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-365

  Goode, Bruce L ^a   Denis, Paul E ^a   Panda, Dulal ^a   Radeke, Monte J ^a   Miller, Herb P ^a   Wilson, Leslie ^a   Feinstein, Stuart C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031035402     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.2.353     Document Type: Article

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