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Substrate-specific reduction of PP2A activity exaggerates tau pathology.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 6 Feb 2009
Deters Natasha, Ittner Lars M, Götz Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is regulated by the balanced interplay of kinases and phosphatases. Disturbance of this balance causes hyperphosphorylation of tau and neurofibrillary tangle formation in Alzheimer's disease brain. Here, we crossed Dom5 mice that express a substrate-specific dominant negative mutant form, L309A Calpha, of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) with...
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