A new function of microtubule-associated protein tau: Involvement in chromosome stability

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1788-1794

  Rossi, Giacomina ^a   Dalprà, Leda ^b   Crosti, Francesca ^c   Lissoni, Sara ^b   Sciacca, Francesca L ^a   Catania, Marcella ^a   Di Fede, Giuseppe ^a   Mangieri, Michela ^a   Giaccone, Giorgio ^a   Croci, Danilo ^a   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromosome; Microtubules; Mitosis; P301L tau mutation; Tau; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FIBROBLAST; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 47249111324     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.12.6012     Document Type: Article

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