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Interaction of tau protein with the dynactin complex.
The EMBO journal - 31 Oct 2007
Magnani Enrico, Fan Juan, Gasparini Laura, Golding Matthew, Williams Meredith, Schiavo Giampietro, Goedert Michel, Amos Linda A, Spillantini Maria Grazia
Abstract excerpt
Tau is an axonal microtubule-associated protein involved in microtubule assembly and stabilization. Mutations in Tau cause frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), and tau aggregates are present in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies. The mechanisms leading from tau dysfunction to neurodegeneration are still debated. The dynein-activator complex dynactin has an essential...
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