The role of motor proteins in establishing the microtubule arrays of axons and dendrites

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Dendrities; Microtubules; Neurons

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 0032104643     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(98)00012-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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