Suppression of radixin and moesin alters growth cone morphology, motility, and process formation in primary cultured neurons

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 443-455

  Paglini, Gabriela ^a   Kunda, Patricia ^a   Quiroga, Santiago ^b   Kosik, Kenneth ^c,d   Cáceres, Alfredo ^a,e  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Axonal elongation; ERM proteins; Growth cones; Neurite formation

Indexed keywords

MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONE; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURITES; PROTEINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0032547839     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.443     Document Type: Article

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