α-internexin is structurally and functionally associated with the neurofilament triplet proteins in the mature CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 10006-10019

  Yuan, Aidong ^a,b   Rao, Mala V ^a,b   Sasaki, Takahiro ^a   Chen, Yuanxin ^a   Kumar, Asok ^a,b   Veeranna, ^a,b   Liem, Ronald K H ^c   Eyer, Joel ^d   Peterson, Alan C ^e   Julien, Jean Pierre ^f   Nixon, Ralph A ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

internexin; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filament; Neurofilament; Neurofilament inclusion disease; Tropical spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NEUROFILAMENT H; PROTEIN NEUROFILAMENT L; PROTEIN NEUROFILAMENT M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPINAL CORD; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33749177577     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2580-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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