Huntingtin phosphorylation acts as a molecular switch for anterograde/retrograde transport in neurons

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2124-2134

  Colin, Emilie ^a,b   Zala, Diana ^a,b   Liot, Géraldine ^a,b   Rangone, Hélène ^a,b,d   Borrell Pagès, Maria ^a,b,e   Li, Xiao Jiang ^c   Saudou, Frédéric ^a,b   Humbert, Sandrine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS UMR146   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

APP; BDNF; Dynactin; Dynein; Kinesin 1

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DYNACTIN; HUNTINGTIN; KINESIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 49149112606     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.133     Document Type: Article

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