Local ERM activation and dynamic growth cones at schwann cell tips implicated in efficient formation of nodes of Ranvier

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-498

  Gatto, Cheryl L ^a   Walker, Barbara J ^a   Lambert, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Growth cones; Microvilli; Myelin sheath; Nodes of Ranvier

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN; RHO KINASE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; MICROVILLUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RANVIER NODE; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FETUS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RANVIER'S NODES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042733242     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303039     Document Type: Article

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