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Tau filaments from human brain and from in vitro assembly of recombinant protein show cross-beta structure.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 2003
Berriman John, Serpell Louise C, Oberg Keith A, Fink Anthony L, Goedert Michel, Crowther R Anthony
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal filaments consisting of hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau form in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, and various dementing tauopathies. In Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome, the filaments have two characteristic morphologies referred to as paired helical and straight filaments, whereas in tauopathies, there is a wider range of morphologies. There...
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