Description
Tau is a low molecular weight member of the microtubule associated protein or MAP family. Several serious human diseases are associated with accumulations of tau protein, most notably the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease. Accumulations of tau in neurons are also characteristic of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Pick’s disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases. Together these disorders are known as “tauopathies”.

![Western blot analysis of tissue lysates using mouse mAb to MAP-τ, MO22191, dilution 1:2,000 in green: [1] protein standard (red), [2] rat brain, [3] rat spinal cord, [4] mouse brain, [5] mouse spinal cord. Tau protein is expressed as up to 9 different isoforms of different molecular weight, and so appears as multiple closely spaced bands in the region of the blot from 48 kDa to 67 kDa with some higher molecular weight “big tau” Isoforms.](https://fxhiljpnygjqfppfgycj.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/catalog/products/MO22191/neuromics/images/02.jpg)
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