Neurofilaments consist of distinct populations that can be distinguished by C-terminal phosphorylation, bundling, and axonal transport rate in growing axonal neurites

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2195-2205

  Yabe, Jason T ^a   Chylinski, Teresa ^a   Wang, Feng Song ^b   Pimenta, Aurea ^c   Kattar, Solomon D ^a   Linsley, Maria Dawn ^a   Chan, Walter K H ^a   Shea, Thomas B ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilaments; Neuronal differentiation; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0035313106     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-07-02195.2001     Document Type: Article

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