Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5 I, 1994, Pages 2818-2829

  Yu, Wenqian ^a   Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

axon; hippocampal neuron; microtubule assembly; microtubule transport; minor process; neuronal development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0028344617     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-05-02818.1994     Document Type: Article

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