The role of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility and axonal growth

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 139-155

  Tanaka, Elly ^a,b   Ho, Tran ^a   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VINBLASTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0028836520     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.128.1.139     Document Type: Article

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