Role of long-range repulsive forces in organizing axonal neurofilament distributions: Evidence from mice deficient in myelin-associated glycoprotein

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 681-690

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Yin, Xinghua ^b   Trapp, Bruce D ^b   Paulaitis, Michael E ^c   Hoh, Jan H ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cytoskeleton; Interaction forces; Intermediate filaments; Phosphorylation; Unstructured proteins

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROFIBRILS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0037097208     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10249     Document Type: Article

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