Complex splicing and neural expression of duplicated tau genes in zebrafish embryos

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-317

  Chen, Mengqi ^a   Martins, Ralph N ^b,c,d   Lardelli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Danio rerio; Embryo; Expression; Isoform; MAPT; Orthologue; Tau; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 70350507090     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1145     Document Type: Article

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