3R and 4R tau isoforms in paired helical filaments in Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-305

  Hasegawa, Masato ^a   Watanabe, Sayuri ^a   Kondo, Hiromi ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a   Mann, David M A ^b   Saito, Yuko ^c   Murayama, Shigeo ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASPARAGINE; EPITOPE; FOUR REPEAT TAU ISOFORM; PROTEINASE K; RD3 ANTIBODY; RD4 ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN; THREE REPEAT TAU ISOFORM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEAMINATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CADAVER; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; EPITOPES; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84896726979     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1191-9     Document Type: Letter

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