Isoform specificity in the relationship of actin to dendritic spines

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 9565-9572

  Kaech, Stefanie ^a   Fischer, Maria ^a   Doll, Thierry ^a   Matus, Andrew ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Cytoskeleton; Dendrites; Gene expression; MAP2; Microtubule associated proteins; Microtubules; Neuroanatomy; Plasticity; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT;

EID: 0031439662     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-24-09565.1997     Document Type: Article

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