Functions and malfunctions of the tau proteins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1668-1680

  Shahani, N ^a,b   Brandt, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cytoskeleton; Hyperphosphorylation; Microtubule; Neuronal polarity; Tau; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAUOPATHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0036810492     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012495     Document Type: Review

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