Speckle microscopic evaluation of microtubule transport in growing nerve processes

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 399-403

  Chang, Sunghoe ^a   Svitkina, Tatyana M ^b   Borisy, Gary G ^b   Popov, Sergey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033224269     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15629     Document Type: Article

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