Kinesin-5 regulates the growth of the axon by acting as a brake on its microtubule array

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1081-1091

  Myers, Kenneth A ^a   Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; KINESIN 5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH RATE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; RATS;

EID: 34548833602     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200702074     Document Type: Article

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