Heterogeneous distribution of axonal cytoskeleton proteins in the human optic nerve

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2824-2838

  Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar ^a   Morgan, William H ^a   Johnstone, Victoria ^a   Cringle, Stephen J ^a   Yu, Dao Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MYELIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN L;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINAR FLOW; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; CYTOSKELETON; DONOR; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849106017     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3206     Document Type: Article

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