Actin dynamics and organization during growth cone morphogenesis in Helisoma neurons

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-71

  Welnhofer, Elizabeth A ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Cohan, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

cytochalasin; filopodial extension; growth cone formation; labeled actin; lamellipodial protrusion; retrograde flow

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; SNAILS;

HELISOMA;

EID: 0031007163     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)37:1<54::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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