Simulated cytoskeletal collapse via tau degradation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sendek, Austin ^a,b   Fuller, Henry R ^b   Hayre, N Robert ^b   Singh, Rajiv R P ^b   Cox, Daniel L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; TAU PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CYTOSKELETAL COLLAPSE; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RIGIDITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAUOPATHY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AXONS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84920948926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104965     Document Type: Article

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