New evidences on Tau-DNA interactions and relevance to neurodegeneration

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Padmaraju, Vasudevaraju ^a   Indi, Shantinath Satappa ^b   Rao, Kosagi Sharaf Jagannatha ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aurinetricarboxylic acid; DNA conformation; DNA nicking; Neurodegeneration; Tau

Indexed keywords

AURINETRICARBOXYLIC ACID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM ION; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SUPERCOILING; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 77953544705     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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