Differential effect of three-repeat and four-repeat tau on mitochondrial axonal transport
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Differential effect of three-repeat and four-repeat tau on mitochondrial axonal transport.
Tau protein is present in six different splice forms in the human brain and interacts with microtubules via either 3 or 4 microtubule binding repeats. An increased ratio of 3 repeat to 4 repeat isoforms is associated with neurodegeneration in inherited forms of frontotemporal dementia. Tau over-expression diminishes axonal transport in several systems, but differential effects of 3 repeat and 4...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurochemistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-3042,1471-4159
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06316.x