Cortical plaque-like structures identify ribosome-containing domains in the Mauthner cell axon

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1400-1411

  Koenig, Edward ^a   Martin, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

actin; axon; electron spectroscopic imaging; goldfish; Mauthner neuron; ribosomes; YOYO 1

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE; GOLDFISH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029865777     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-04-01400.1996     Document Type: Article

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