Mechanism of lateral movement of filopodia and radial actin bundles across neuronal growth cones

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1176-1182

  Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^a   Katoh, K ^a,b   Danuser, G ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA;

EID: 0034054984     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76675-6     Document Type: Article

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