Function and regulation of local axonal translation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Lin, Andrew C ^a   Holt, Christine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTROPH; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; GROWTH CONE; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTAXIS; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 46549085203     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.05.004     Document Type: Review

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