MAP2a, an alternatively spliced variant of microtubule-associated protein 2

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1273-1281

  Chung, Wook Joon ^a   Kindler, Stefan ^a   Seidenbecher, Constanze ^b   Garner, Craig C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cytoskeleton; Dendrites; Microtubule; Microtubule associated protein 2; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0006227378     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031273.x     Document Type: Article

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