Consequences of NPC1 and NPC2 loss of function in mammalian neurons

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1685, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 48-62

  Walkley, Steven U ^a   Suzuki, Kinuko ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal spheroid; Dendritogenesis; Endosome; Golgi fragmentation; Lysosome; Neurodegeneration; Neurofibrillary tangle; Niemann Pick type C

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NIEMANN PICK C 1 PROTEIN; NIEMANN PICK C 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAT; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SPHEROID CELL; YEAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4744365602     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2004.08.011     Document Type: Review

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