The slow axonal transport of the microtubule-associated protein tau and the transport rates of different isoforms and mutants in cultured neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6394-6400

  Utton, Michelle A ^a   Connell, James ^a   Asuni, Ayodeji A ^a   Van Slegtenhorst, Marjon ^b   Hutton, Michael ^b   De Silva, Rohan ^c   Lees, Andrew J ^c   Miller, Chris C J ^a   Anderton, Brian H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGFP; FTDP 17; Neuronal cultures; Slow axonal transport; Tau; Tau C terminal repeats; Tau isoforms; Tau N terminal inserts; Transfection

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EMBRYO; ENERGY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036703743     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06394.2002     Document Type: Article

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