Intrinsically disordered proteins in the neurodegenerative processes: Formation of tau protein paired helical filaments and their analysis

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 1085-1097

  Skrabana, Rostislav ^a,b   Sevcik, Jozef ^c   Novak, Michal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Axon Neuroscience Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Intrinsically disordered proteins; Monoclonal antibody; Neurodegeneration; Neurofibrillary pathology; Paired helical filaments; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TAUOPATHY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 33845524844     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9083-3     Document Type: Review

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