Strategies for studying microtubule transport in the neuron

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Dendrite; Motor; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AXON; CELL BODIES; CYTOSKELETAL ELEMENTS; DENDRITE; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MOTOR PROTEINS; POLARITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034650176     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000115)48:2<75::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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