New phosphorylation sites identified in hyperphosphorylated tau (paired helical filament-tau) from Alzheimer's disease brain using nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2465-2476

  Hanger, Diane P ^a   Betts, Joanna C ^a,b   Loviny, Thérèse L F ^a   Blackstock, Walter P ^b   Anderton, Brian H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mass spectrometry; Paired helical filaments; Phosphorylation; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROTUBULE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLUBILIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031741247     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71062465.x     Document Type: Article

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