Deleting the phosphorylated tail domain of the neurofilament heavy subunit does not alter neurofilament transport rate in vivo

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 393, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 264-268

  Yuan, Aidong ^a   Nixon, Ralph A ^a   Rao, Mala V ^a  

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

Author keywords

Neurofilament phosphorylation; Slow axonal transport; Tail domain of NF H

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244471690     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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