Hooks and comets: The story of microtubule polarity orientation in the neuron

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 403-418

  Baas, Peter W ^a   Lin, Shen ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

+tips; Axon; Cytoplasmic dynein; Dendrite; Kinesin; Microtubule; Microtubule polarity; Neuron; Neuronal polarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; DENDRITE; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS;

EID: 79955724181     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20818     Document Type: Article

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