A functional fragment of Tau forms fibers without the need for an intermolecular cysteine bridge

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-303

  Huvent, Isabelle ^a   Kamah, Amina ^a   Cantrelle, François Xavier ^a   Barois, Nicolas ^b   Slomianny, Christian ^c   Smet Nocca, Caroline ^a   Landrieu, Isabelle ^a   Lippens, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b UAR2014 Us 41 Plateformes Lilloises en Biol S BioImaging Ctr Lille   (France)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Electron microscopy; NMR spectroscopy; Nucleation; Tau

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HEPARIN; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AGGREGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEATION; TAU;

CYSTEINE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84896064454     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.01.161     Document Type: Article

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