Profiling murine tau with 0N, 1N and 2N isoform-specific antibodies in brain and peripheral organs reveals distinct subcellular localization, with the 1N isoform being enriched in the nucleus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Chang ^a   Götz, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MAPT PROTEIN, MOUSE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DENDRITE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84893529375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084849     Document Type: Article

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