Age-related phosphorylation and fragmentation events influence the distribution profiles of distinct tau isoforms in mouse brain

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-121

  Bahr, Ben A ^a,b   Vicente, Jocelyne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stable MAPs; High molecular weight tau; Hyperphosphorylation; Microtubules; Paired helical filaments; Protein phosphatase; Tau29

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031882943     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199802000-00002     Document Type: Article

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