Tau is required for neurite outgrowth and growth cone motility of chick sensory neurons

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-242

  Liu, Can Wen A ^a,c   Lee, Gloria ^b,d   Jay, Daniel G ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth; CALI; DRG neurons; Lamellipodia; Microtubule associated proteins

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHICKEN; CHROMATOPHORE; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; LASERS; MICROTUBULES; NEURITES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0032976176     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)43:3<232::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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