Roland Brandt

Institute of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Received 05/21/96; Accepted 07/05/96; On-line 08/01/96

1. Abstract

2. Introduction

3. Discussion

3.1. Tau, a protein factor required for microtubule assembly

3.2. An axon-specific function for tau?

3.3. Gene knockout contra antisense studies: How essential is tau?

3.4. A role for tau beyond promoting microtubule assembly

4. Conclusions and prospects

5. Acknowledgments

6. References

7. Entire manuscript

Keywords: Microtubule-associated proteins, tau, neuron, axon, polarity