Increased solubility of high-molecular-mass neurofilament subunit by suppression of dephosphorylation: Its relation to axonal transport

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2558-2565

  Tsuda, Morihiro ^a   Tashiro, Tomoko ^a   Komiya, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; High molecular mass neurofilament subunit; Neurofilament; Phosphatase inhibitor; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030921517     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68062558.x     Document Type: Article

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