Kinases and phosphatases and tau sites involved in Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Wang, Jian Zhi ^a   Grundke Iqbal, Inge ^b   Iqbal, Khalid ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau; Alzheimer's disease; Paired helical filaments; Protein phosphatase 2A; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN; THREONINE; TUBULIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CYTOSOL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROTUBULE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTUBULES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; TAU PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846212717     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05226.x     Document Type: Article

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