Selective stabilization of tau in axons and microtubule-associated protein 2C in cell bodies and dendrites contributes to polarized localization of cytoskeletal proteins in mature neurons

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 667-679

  Hirokawa, Nobutaka ^a   Funakoshi, Takeshi ^a   Sato Harada, Reiko ^a   Kanai, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; MATUS;

EID: 0030028366     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.4.667     Document Type: Article

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