A rod end deletion in the intermediate filament protein nestin alters its subcellular localization in neuroepithelial cells of transgenic mice

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1951-1961

  Marvin, Martha J ^a,b,c   Dahlstrand, Jonas ^b   Lendahl, Urban ^b   McKay, Ronald D G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS precursor cell; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filament; Neural tube; Radial glial cell

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXONS; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPINAL CORD; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031846440     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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