SUT-1 enables tau-induced neurotoxicity in C. elegans

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1959-1971

  Kraemer, Brian C ^a,b   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^a,b,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAUOPATHY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34548389257     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm143     Document Type: Article

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