Regulation of neurofilament axonal transport by phosphorylation in optic axons in situ

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 230-240

  Jung, Cheolwha ^a   Shea, Thomas B ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilaments; Phosphatases; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; METHIONINE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SULFUR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GANGLIA, SENSORY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OCTOXYNOL; OKADAIC ACID; OPTIC NERVE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032998158     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)42:3<230::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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