Microtubule associated protein tau binds to double-stranded but not single-stranded DNA

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Hua, Q ^a   He, R Q ^a   Haque, N ^b   Qu, M H ^a   Del Carmen Alonso, A ^b   Grundke Iqbal, I ^b   Iqbal, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA binding protein; Double stranded DNA; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Human neuronal tau; Nuclear tau

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HISTONES; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; NEURONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0037299017     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180300034     Document Type: Article

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