Antagonistic roles of neurofilament subunits NF-H and NF-M against NF-L in shaping dendritic arborization in spinal motor neurons

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1167-1176

  Kong, Jiming ^a   Tung, Vivian W Y ^a   Aghajanian, John ^a   Xu, Zuoshang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE TARGETING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032498856     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.5.1167     Document Type: Article

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