[Genetic tau-variants in patients with frontotemporal dementia].

Objective: [corrected] To evaluate tau-associated genetic polymorphisms in patients with sporadic frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and healthy control subjects.

Method: Tau-gene sequence of 30 patients with FTD and 30 healthy controls was analysed by polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR). Subsequent sequencing was performed to identify exonic and intronic differences between both groups.

Chlamydomonas DIP13 and human NA14: a new class of proteins associated with microtubule structures is involved in cell division.

We have cloned and characterized a single copy C. reinhardtii gene containing an open reading frame of 333 nucleotides encoding a 12.7 kDa protein.