TorsinA, microtubules and cell polarity

Functional Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-10

  Toninelli, Giulia Ferrari ^a   Spano, PierFranco ^a   Memo, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Dystonia; Nematodes; Neuron; Tau proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE DERIVATIVE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4; OOC 5 PROTEIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; TAU PROTEIN; TORSINA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY POSTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; DYSTONIA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NEURONS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0038638036     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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