Prenatal onset of axonopathy in dystonia musculorum mice

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-168

  Bernier, Gilbert ^a   Kothary, Rashmi ^a,b  

^a Institut du Cancer de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Dystonin; Intermediate filament; Microtubule; Neurodegeneration; Neurofilament; Plectin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FETUS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031921772     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:2<160::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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