Kinesin-mediated transport of neurofilament protein oligomers in growing axons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3799-3814

  Yabe, Jason T ^a   Pimenta, Aurea ^b   Shea, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Kinesin; Microtubule; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; KINESIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEURITE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHICK EMBRYO; GANGLIA, SPINAL; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032694199     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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