Agrin induced morphological and structural changes in growth cones of cultured hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 527-536

  Bergstrom, R A ^a   Sinjoanu, R C ^a   Ferreira, A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actin filaments; cofilin; microtubule associated proteins; Rac 1

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACTINS; AGRIN; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 35448990941     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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