Medical Definition of Tau protein

1. Protein (60-70 kD) that co purifies with tubulin through cycles of assembly and disassembly and the first microtubule associated protein to be characterised. Tau proteins are a family made by alternative splicing of a single gene. It has tandem repeats of a tubulin binding domain and promotes tubulin assembly. Although tau proteins are found in all cells they are major components of neurons where they are predominantly associated with microtubules of the axon. See: MAPs. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tau Protein

Tatarstan
Tatary
Tataupa tinamou
Tataupa tinamous
Tate
Tater Tots
Tati
Tatiana
Tatler
Tatra
Tattersall
Tattersalls
Tatum
Tatzelwurm
Tatzelwurms
Tau protein
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taunton
Taurean
Taureans
Taurotragus
Taurotragus derbianus
Taurotragus oryx
Taurus
Taurus the Bull
Tauruses
Taussig
Taussig-Bing disease
Taussig-Bing syndrome

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