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Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Chicken Brain Tau: Isoforms with up to Five Tandem Repeats
23 Nov 2002
Abstract excerpt
Tau is a major microtubule-associated protein in mammalian brain, where it exists as multiple isoforms that are produced from a single gene by alternative mRNA splicing. Here we present the first report on the structure and function of tau protein from a nonmammalian vertebrate. In the adult chicken brain, five main tau isoforms are expressed. One isoform has three tandem repeats, two isoforms have four repeats...
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