Glycosylation of microtubule-associated protein tau in Alzheimer's disease brain

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-641

  Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a,c   Tsujioka, Yasumi ^a   Yamada, Tatsuo ^a   Tsuboi, Yoshio ^a   Okada, Hidechika ^b   Yamamoto, Takayuki ^c   Liposits, Zsolt ^d  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Glycosylation; Microtubule associated protein tau; Neurofibrillary tangle

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLYCAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; GALANTHUS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0032922482     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051040     Document Type: Article

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