Contiguous phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated domains along axonal neurofilaments

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-467

  Brown, Anthony ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal cytoskeleton; Neurofilament; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031934307     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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