The ‘jaws’ model of tau-microtubule interaction examined in CHO cells

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Tau is a neuronal microtubule-associated protein which promotes microtubule assembly. The C-terminal half of the protein contains three or four tandem repeats that are often considered to be the microtubule binding domain. This view is in conflict with in vitro data showing that the repeat domain binds only weakly to microtubules while the domains flanking the repeats bind strongly, even in the absence of the...

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