Synaptically coupled central nervous system neurons lack centrosomal γ- tubulin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Leask, Andrew ^a   Obrietan, Karl ^a   Stearns, Tim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Axon; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTROSOME; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030814627     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00412-6     Document Type: Article

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