Quantitative and functional analyses of spastin in the nervous system: Implications for hereditary spastic paraplegia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2147-2157

  Solowska, Joanna M ^a   Morfini, Gerardo ^b   Falnikar, Aditi ^a   Himes, B Timothy ^a,c   Brady, Scott T ^b   Huang, Dongyang ^b   Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; Katanin; Microtubule; Neuron; Spastin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P60; SPASTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 39849101639     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3159-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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