New mutations in MAPT gene causing frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Biochemical and structural characterization

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 834.e1-834.e6

  Rossi, Giacomina ^a   Bastone, Antonio ^b   Piccoli, Elena ^a   Mazzoleni, Giulia ^a   Morbin, Michela ^a   Uggetti, Andrea ^a   Giaccone, Giorgio ^a   Sperber, Sarah ^c   Beeg, Marten ^b   Salmona, Mario ^b   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; MAPT; Microtubule associated protein tau; Microtubules; Mutation; Oligomers; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYTOSINE; GLYCINE; TAU PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPT GENE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856956436     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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