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Descriptor English:

tau Proteins

Descriptor Spanish:

Proteínas tau

Descriptor Portuguese:

Proteínas tau

Synonyms English:

tau Protein
Protein, tau
Proteins, tau

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Definition English:

Microtubule-associated proteins that are mainly expressed in neurons. Tau proteins constitute several isoforms and play an important role in the assembly of tubulin monomers into microtubules and in maintaining the cytoskeleton and axonal transport. Aggregation of specific sets of tau proteins in filamentous inclusions is the common feature of intraneuronal and glial fibrillar lesions (NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPIL THREADS) in numerous neurodegenerative disorders (ALZHEIMER DISEASE; TAUOPATHIES).

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History Note English:

1992; use TAU (NM) 1977-91

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Record Number:

30290

Unique Identifier:

D016875

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