In vitro aggregation assays using hyperphosphorylated tau protein

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 95, 2015, Pages

  Sui, Dexin ^a   Liu, Mengyu ^a   Kuo, Min Hao ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; Amyloid; Biochemistry; Issue 95; Neurofibrillary tangles; Phosphorylation; Protein aggregation; Tau; Tauopathy; Zippers Assisted Catalysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN AGGREGATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROCEDURES;

FLUOROMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84921634418     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51537     Document Type: Article

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