Role of the cytoskeleton in growth cone motility and axonal elongation

Seminars in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-80

  Challacombe, Jean F ^a   Snow, Diane M ^a   Letourneau, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cytoskeleton; Growth cone; Microtubules; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; F ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROTROPISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0029882050     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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