Tau protein function in axonal formation

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Paglini, Gabriela ^c   Peris, Leticia ^c   Mascotti, Faustino ^a   Quiroga, Santiago ^a   Caceres, Alfredo ^b  

^a Departamento Quimica Biologica   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Axons, growth cones; MAP1b; Microtubules; Neurons; Stabilization; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0033977823     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007531230651     Document Type: Article

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