Visualizing the microtubule-associated protein tau in the nucleus

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-431

  Lu, Jing ^a   Li, Ting ^b   He, RongQiao ^b   Bartlett, Perry F ^a   Götz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; fractionation; microtubule associated protein; neuroblastoma; nucleus; phosphorylation; tau

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN; MAPT PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEUROBLASTOMA; TAU PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84899908485     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4635-0     Document Type: Article

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