Subunit composition of neurofilaments specifies axonal diameter

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1061-1069

  Xu, Zuoshang ^a,b   Marszalek, Joe R ^a,c   Lee, Michael K ^a   Wong, Philip C ^a   Folmer, Janet ^a   Crawford, Thomas O ^a   Hsieh, Sung Tsang ^a   Griffin, John W ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029894157     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.5.1061     Document Type: Article

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