Different contributions of microtubule dynamics and transport to the growth of axons and collateral sprouts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3860-3873

  Gallo, Gianluca ^a   Letourneau, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Collateral; Dynamic instability; Filopodium; Microtubule; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0033562789     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-03860.1999     Document Type: Article

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