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tau protein

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tau protein,
a microtubule-associated protein that forms insoluble and hyperphosphorylated aggregates in Alzheimer's disease.


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Contributors overview compounds that interact with tubulin, then address molecular mechanisms, microtubule dynamics, post translational modification, isotypes, tubulin proteomics in cancer, structures, destabilization, molecular features of the interaction of colchicines and related structures with tubulin, mechanisms of resistant to drugs that interfere with microtubule assembly, microtubule damaging agents, microtubule targeting agents, and associations with tau proteins.
The drug, rember, is the first to target the "tangles" of Tau protein that develop in the brain with Alzheimer's, killing off cells needed for memory.
The drug, Rember, targets the build-up of tau protein tangles which form inside the brain nerve cells of people with Alzheimer's.
 
 
 
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