Axons break in animals lacking β-spectrin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Hammarlund, Marc ^a,b   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a,b   Bastiani, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BETA SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ELASTICITY; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SPECTRIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33846640122     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611117     Document Type: Article

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