Human stem cell-derived neurons: A system to study human tau function and dysfunction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Iovino, Mariangela ^a   Patani, Rickie ^a,b   Watts, Colin ^a   Chandran, Siddharthan ^a,b,c   Spillantini, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FETAL STEM CELL; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FETAL STEM CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAU PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78649732405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013947     Document Type: Article

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