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tau protein

tau protein noun: a protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Noun

tau protein (plural tau proteins)

  1. A protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
    • [Bennet] Omalu’s experimental breakthrough – along with UCLA researchers – uses positron-emission tomography (PET scan) and a radioactive “tracer” called FDDNP to bind to tau proteins in the brain.2017 November 22, “Courier editorial: CTE research has ramifications”, in Nancy Newhoff, editor, The Courier, volume 159, number 272, Waterloo, Ia.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, columns 2–3
    Synonyms:
    tau

Synonyms of tau protein

Forms of tau protein

pluraltau proteins

Questions about tau protein

What does tau protein mean?
Tau protein means a protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
What part of speech is tau protein?
Tau protein is a noun.
What is the plural of tau protein?
The plural of tau protein is tau proteins.

Words near tau protein in the dictionary

  1. tau lepton
  2. tau leptons
  3. tau neutrino
  4. tau neutrinos
  5. tau particle
  6. tau protein
  7. tau proteins
  8. tau staff
  9. tau staffs
  10. tau staves
  11. tau suan

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