Fibers of tau fragments, but not full length tau, exhibit a cross β-structure: Implications for the formation of paired helical filaments

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2427-2435

  Giannetti, A M ^a   Lindwall, G ^a   Chau, M F ^a   Radeke, M J ^a   Feinstein, S C ^a   Kohlstaedt, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Fiber diffraction; Neurodegeneration; Neurofibrillary tangles; Paired helical filaments; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034494233     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.12.2427     Document Type: Article

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