Transgenic expression of the shortest human tau affects its compartmentalization and its phosphorylation as in the pretangle stage of Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 255-270

  Brion, Jean Pierre ^a   Trempdagger, Gunter ^b   Octavedagger, Jean Noël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0345580607     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65272-8     Document Type: Article

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