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Distinct phenotypes of three-repeat and four-repeat human tau in a transgenic model of tauopathy.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Sept 2017
Sealey Megan A, Vourkou Ergina, Cowan Catherine M, Bossing Torsten, Quraishe Shmma, Grammenoudi Sofia, Skoulakis Efthimios M C, Mudher Amritpal
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Tau exists as six closely related protein isoforms in the adult human brain. These are generated from alternative splicing of a single mRNA transcript and they differ in the absence or presence of two N-terminal and three or four microtubule binding domains. Typically all six isoforms have been considered functionally similar. However, their differential involvement in particular tauopathies raises the...
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