Selective solubilization of high-molecular-mass neurofilament subunit during nerve regeneration

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 860-868

  Tsuda, Morihiro ^a   Tashiro, Tomoko ^a   Komiya, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; High molecular mass neurofilament subunit; Nerve regeneration; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SOLUBILIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0033977283     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.740860.x     Document Type: Article

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