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tau proteins

tau proteins is the plural of tau protein.

Meaning of tau protein

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

Questions about tau proteins

What is tau proteins the plural of?
Tau proteins is the plural of tau protein.

Words near tau proteins in the dictionary

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

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