Functional analysis of dynactin and cytoplasmic dynein in slow axonal transport

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6742-6752

  Dillman III, James F ^a   Dabney, Lewis P ^a   Karki, Sher ^b   Paschal, Bryce M ^c   Holzbaur, Erika L F ^b   Pfister, K Kevin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal transport; dynactin; dynein; microfilament; microtubule; motor protein; slow component b

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029926565     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06742.1996     Document Type: Article

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