Myosin Va increases the efficiency of neurofilament transport by decreasing the duration of long-term pauses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6625-6634

  Alami, Nael H ^a   Jung, Peter ^b   Brown, Anthony ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN VA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPINAL GANGLION; VELOCITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOSIN TYPE V; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 66249087281     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3829-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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