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The two shapes of the Tau protein

Tau proteins can convert from an inert shape to a misfolded shape that seeds the growth of fibers that contribute to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Autor principal: Kelly, Jeffery W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988017
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38516
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spelling pubmed-60391722018-07-11 The two shapes of the Tau protein Kelly, Jeffery W eLife Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Tau proteins can convert from an inert shape to a misfolded shape that seeds the growth of fibers that contribute to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6039172/ /pubmed/29988017 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38516 Text en © 2018, Kelly http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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title The two shapes of the Tau protein
title_full The two shapes of the Tau protein
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topic Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988017
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