Tau-ism: The Yin and Yang of Microtubule Sliding, Detachment, and Rupture

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2215-2217

  Van Den Bedem, Henry ^a   Kuhl, Ellen ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AXON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84949604929     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.10.020     Document Type: Short Survey

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