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Mutated tau binds less avidly to microtubules than wildtype tau in living cells.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Feb 2001
Nagiec E W, Sampson K E, Abraham I
Abstract excerpt
Some forms of genetically inherited dementia, including frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), are caused by mutations in tau. We have examined several mutations in the microtubule-binding portion of tau for their effect on microtubule binding, cellular distribution and cytoskeletal structure in mammalian cells. Using constructs coding for mutant (P301L and V337M) and...
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