Role of cysteine-291 and cysteine-322 in the polymerization of human tau into Alzheimer-like filaments

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-26

  Bhattacharya, Keshab ^a   Rank, Kenneth B ^a   Evans, David B ^a   Sharma, Satish K ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Heparin; Tau filaments; Tau polymerization; Thioflavine S fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DODECYL SULFATE; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034799681     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5116     Document Type: Article

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