The C-terminal tail domain of neurofilament protein-H (NF-H) forms the crossbridges and regulates neurofilament bundle formation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3861-3869

  Chen, J ^a   Nakata, T ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Hirokawa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Morphogenesis; Neurofilament; Neurofilament H

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEPIDOPTERA; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033677861     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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