Espin actin-cytoskeletal proteins are in rat type I spiral ganglion neurons and include splice-isoforms with a functional nuclear localization signal

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 509, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 661-676

  Sekerková, Gabriella ^a   Zheng, Lili ^a   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a   Bartles, James R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Actin bundling protein; Auditory nerve; Nuclear actin; Sensory neuron; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ESPIN ANTIBODY; ESPIN PROTEIN; NONAPEPTIDE; OCTAPEPTIDE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SPIRAL GANGLION; SPLICEOSOME; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 48249087412     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21755     Document Type: Article

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