Neurofilament-dependent radial growth of motor axons and axonal organization of neurofilaments does not require the neurofilament heavy subunit (NF-H) or its phosphorylation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-181

  Rao, Mala V ^a   Houseweart, Megan K ^a   Williamson, Toni L ^a   Crawford, Thomas O ^c   Folmer, Janet ^c   Cleveland, Don W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoplasm; Motor neurons; Neurofilaments; Radial growth; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CODON; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032487499     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.171     Document Type: Article

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