Requirement of heavy neurofilament subunit in the development of axons with large calibers

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 195-205

  Elder, Gregory A ^a   Friedrich Jr , Victor L ^a   Kang, Chulho ^a   Bosco, Paolo ^a   Gourov, Andrei ^a   Tu, Pang Hsien ^b   Zhang, Bin ^b   Lee, Virginia M Y ^b   Lazzarini, Robert A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Knockout; Large diameter axons; Mice; Neurofilament proteins; Neuronal cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE TARGETING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHIMERA; EXONS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032487502     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.195     Document Type: Article

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