Structural principles of tau and the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease

Brain Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Mandelkow, Eckhard ^a   Von Bergen, Martin ^a   Biernat, Jacek ^a   Mandelkow, Eva Maria ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN FOLDING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 33847239940     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2007.00053.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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