Myosin IIB is required for growth cone motility

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 6159-6169

  Bridgman, Paul C ^a   Dave, Sonya ^a   Asnes, Clara F ^a   Tullio, Antonella N ^b   Adelstein, Robert S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Growth cones; Knock out mice; Motility; Myosin; Traction force

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FORCE; GROWTH CONE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035882476     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-16-06159.2001     Document Type: Article

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