'Prion-like' propagation of mouse and human tau aggregates in an inducible mouse model of tauopathy

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 28-31

  Sydow, Astrid ^a   Mandelkow, Eva Maria ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alzheimer's disease; Tau; Tauopathy; Transgenic mouse models

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 17; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MODEL; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; TAUOPATHY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXYCYCLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 76549125306     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000283479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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