Schwann cell to axon transfer of ribosomes: Toward a novel understanding of the role of glia in the nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 11024-11029

  Court, Felipe A ^a   Hendriks, William T J ^b,c   MacGillavry, Harold D ^c   Alvarez, Jaime ^a   Van Minnen, Jan ^c,d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axons; Glia; Intercellular transport; Ribosomes; Schwann cell; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WLD PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHWANN CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOSOME; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; POLYRIBOSOMES; RIBOSOMES; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 58149147512     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2429-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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