The neurofilament middle molecular mass subunit carboxyl-terminal tail domains is essential for the radial growth and cytoskeletal architecture of axons but not for regulating neurofilament transport rate

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1021-1031

  Rao, Mala V ^a,b   Campbell, Jabbar ^a   Yuan, Aidong ^a,b   Kumar, Asok ^a,b   Gotow, Takahiro ^c   Uchiyama, Yasuo ^d   Nixon, Ralph A ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; ES cells; Gene knockin; Microtubules; NF M phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT H PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY NERVE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; GENE TARGETING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

ANIMALIA; GARCIA;

EID: 0346849719     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200308076     Document Type: Article

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