Axon branching requires interactions between dynamic microtubules and actin filaments

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 9757-9769

  Dent, Erik W ^a   Kalil, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Collateral axon branching; Cortical development; Fluorescence time lapse imaging; Growth cone; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; LATRUNCULIN A; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; PHALLOIDIN; TUBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0035894852     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-24-09757.2001     Document Type: Article

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