Luminal particles within cellular microtubules

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-765

  Garvalov, Boyan K ^a   Zuber, Benoît ^b   Bouchet Marquis, Cédric ^b   Kudryashev, Mikhail ^c   Gruska, Manuela ^d   Beck, Martin ^d   Leis, Andrew ^d   Frischknecht, Friedrich ^c   Bradke, Frank ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^d   Dubochet, Jacques ^b   Cyrklaff, Marek ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HELA CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEURITES; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748528577     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200606074     Document Type: Article

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