The glutamate-rich region of the larger lamprey neurofilament sidearm is essential for proper neurofilament architecture

Brain Research

Volumn 1231, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-5

  Lee, Sangmook ^a   Chu, Boyang ^a   Yao, Jun ^a   Shea, Thomas B ^a   Hall, Garth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermediate filament; Neurofilament; Neurofilament sidearm

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN 180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PETROMYZON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 50649107234     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.050     Document Type: Article

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