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MAP2 and tau bind longitudinally along the outer ridges of microtubule protofilaments.
The Journal of cell biology - 24 Jun 2002
Al-Bassam Jawdat, Ozer Rachel S, Safer Daniel, Halpain Shelley, Milligan Ronald A
Abstract excerpt
MAP2 and tau exhibit microtubule-stabilizing activities that are implicated in the development and maintenance of neuronal axons and dendrites. The proteins share a homologous COOH-terminal domain, composed of three or four microtubule binding repeats separated by inter-repeats (IRs). To investigate how MAP2 and tau stabilize microtubules, we calculated 3D maps of microtubules fully decorated with MAP2c or tau...
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