Neurofilaments switch between distinct mobile and stationary states during their transport along axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-516

  Trivedi, Niraj ^a   Jung, Peter ^b   Brown, Anthony ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Culture; Cytoskeleton; Green fluorescent protein; Neurofilament; Photoactivation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; MOVEMENT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33846423163     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4227-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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