AD2, a phosphorylation-dependent monoclonal antibody directed against tau proteins found in Alzheimer's disease

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-88

  Buee Scherrer V ^a   Condamines, O ^b   Mourton Gilles, C ^b   Jakes, R ^c   Goedert, M ^c   Pau, B ^b   Delacourte, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neurofibrillary degeneration; Paired helical filament; Phosphorylation dependent monoclonal antibody; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0040299037     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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