Syncoilin modulates peripherin filament networks and is necessary for large-calibre motor neurons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2543-2552

  Clarke, W Thomas ^a   Edwards, Ben ^a   McCullagh, Karl J A ^a,c   Kemp, Matthew W ^a,d   Moorwood, Catherine ^a,e   Sherman, Diane L ^b   Burgess, Matthew ^a,f   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Axon calibre; Intermediate filaments; Neurons; Peripherin; Syncoilin; Ventral root

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PERIPHERIN; SYNCOILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77955372843     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.059113     Document Type: Article

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