Myosin II functions in actin-bundle turnover in neuronal growth cones

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-226

  Medeiros, Nelson A ^a   Burnette, Dylan T ^a   Forscher, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN II;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CONE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT DYES; GROWTH CONES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOSIN TYPE II; NEURONS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 33644775671     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1367     Document Type: Article

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