Disruption of type IV intermediate filament network in mice lacking the neurofilament medium and heavy subunits

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 972-984

  Jacomy, Hélène ^a   Zhu, Qinzang ^a   Couillard Després, Sébastien ^a   Beaulieu, Jean Martin ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internexin; Axonal caliber; Axonal transport; Knockout mice; Neurofilaments

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 0032817551     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0730972.x     Document Type: Article

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