title: Molecular diversity at the carboxyl terminus of human and rat tau.
abstract: Although a long terminal isoform of tau was historically the first identified clone, no such isform has been thus far reported among species other than mouse. We show here that there are homologues of the long terminal isoform in human and rat, but in various forms in contrast to mouse. There are generated by a combination of multiple splice sites, which causes distinct molecular diversity at the carboxyl terminus of human and rat tau.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ihara
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012326:RNA Splicing; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016875:tau Proteins