The prolyl isomerase Pin1 restores the function of Alzheimer-associated phosphorylated tau protein

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6738, 1999, Pages 784-788

  Lu, Pei Jung ^a   Wulf, Gerburg ^a   Zhou, Xiao Zhen ^a   Davies, Peter ^b   Lu, Kun Ping ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOMERASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROLINE; PROLYL ISOMERASE; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033600242     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21650     Document Type: Article

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