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| tau pro·tein |
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brain protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease: a protein that maintains the stability of the microtubules that serve as a transport system within brain cells. It is also implicated in the formation of masses of fibrous protein in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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