Phosphorylated serine422 on tau proteins is a pathological epitope found in several diseases with neurofibrillary degeneration

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Bussiere T ^a   Hof, P R ^b   Mailliot, C ^a   Brown, C D ^b   Caillet Boudin, M L ^a   Perl, D P ^b   Buee L ^a   Delacourte, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders; Neurofibrillary tangles; Phosphorylation; Serine422; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SERINE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0344859874     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050978     Document Type: Article

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