Entropic exclusion by neurofilament sidearms: A mechanism for maintaining interfilament spacing

Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 49, 1997, Pages 15035-15040

  Brown, Henry G ^a   Hoh, Jan H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENTROPY; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENTROPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEUROFIBRILS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030708555     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9721748     Document Type: Article

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