Induction of growth cone formation by transient and localized increases of intracellular proteolytic activity

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Ziv, Noam E ^a,c   Spira, Micha E ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEINASE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHALASIN B; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROTUBULES; NEURITES; NEURONS; NOCODAZOLE; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0031919224     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.1.223     Document Type: Article

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