Tau proteins harboring neurodegeneration-linked mutations impair kinesin translocation in vitro

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-314

  Yu, Dezhi ^a   LaPointe, Nichole E ^b   Guzman, Elmer ^b   Pessino, Veronica ^b,c   Wilson, Leslie ^b   Feinstein, Stuart C ^a,b   Valentine, Megan T ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; corticobasal degeneration; frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism 17; kinesin; microtubules; motility; progressive supranuclear palsy; tau

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; PACLITAXEL; QUANTUM DOT; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TAUOPATHY;

AXONAL TRANSPORT; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA WITH PARKINSONISM-17; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MOTILITY; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; TAU;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; QUANTUM DOTS; TAU PROTEINS; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84893955408     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-131274     Document Type: Article

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