Neurofilament phosphorylation and axon diameter in the squid giant fibre system

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 327-336

  Martin, R ^a   Door, R ^a   Ziegler, A ^a   Warchol, W ^b   Hahn, J ^a   Breitig, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Pl 60 781   (Poland)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Electron spectroscopic imaging; Neurofilament phosphorylation; Phosphorylation gradient; Squid giant axon; Squid synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECTROMETRY; SQUID;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DECAPODIFORMES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032889354     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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