Fibrillogenesis of tau: Insights from Tau missense mutations in FTDP-17

Brain Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 695-705

  Yen, Shu Hui ^a   Hutton, Michael ^a   DeTure, Michael ^a   Ko, Li Wen ^a   Nacharaju, Parimala ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME 17; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032885930     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1999.tb00551.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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