Action in the axon: generation and transport of signaling endosomes

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-275

  Cosker, Katharina E ^a,b   Courchesne, Stephanie L ^a,b   Segal, Rosalind A ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; NEUROTROPHIN;

CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOSOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; ENDOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53949113331     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.08.005     Document Type: Review

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