Nonmuscle myosins IIA and IIB are present in adult motor nerve terminals

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1143-1146

  Vega Riveroll, Laura J ^b   Wylie, Steven R ^a   Loughna, Paul T ^a   Parson, Simon H ^b   Chantler, Peter D ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor nerve; Motor unit; Myosin IIA; Myosin IIB; Nerve terminal; Neuromuscular junction; Neuronal outgrowth; Neuronal retraction withdrawal; Synapse remodelling

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN IIA; MYOSIN IIB;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR UNIT; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NONMUSCLE MYOSIN TYPE IIA; NONMUSCLE MYOSIN TYPE IIB; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TUBULIN;

EID: 23044486550     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200508010-00002     Document Type: Article

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