Differential axonal transport of soluble and insoluble τ in the rat sciatic nerve

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1566-1574

  Tashiro, Tomoko ^a,b   Sun, Xiaoyan ^a   Tsuda, Morihiro ^a   Komiya, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Microtubule; ; protein

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029788486     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67041566.x     Document Type: Article

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