No requirement of α-internexin for nervous system development and for radial growth of axons

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-112

  Levavasseur, Françoise ^a   Zhu, Qinzhang ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internexin; Intermediate filament; Knockout mice; NF L; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032936972     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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