Quantitative evaluation of the mode of microtubule transport in Xenopus neurons

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-81

  Kim, Taeyong ^a   Chang, Sunghoe ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EB3; Microtubule; Short oligomer transport model; Xenopus spinal neuron

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TUBULIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH CONE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GROWTH CONES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 33645743164     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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