Dynactin is essential for growth cone advance

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-422

  Abe, Takako K ^a   Honda, Takao ^a   Takei, Kohtaro ^b   Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko ^c   Hoffman Kim, Diane ^d   Jay, Daniel G ^e   Kuwano, Ryozo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; CALI (chromophore assisted laser inactivation); Dynactin; Growth cone motility; Neurite extension

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNAMITIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOPHORE ASSISTED LASER INACTIVATION; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; GROWTH CONES; LASERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 44749088806     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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