Axonal mRNA localization and local protein synthesis in nervous system assembly, maintenance and repair

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 308-324

  Jung, Hosung ^a   Yoon, Byung C ^a   Holt, Christine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENGRAILED 1 PROTEIN; ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; EPHRIN A1; EPHRIN B1; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NETRIN 1; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEROTONIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; SLIT2B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLARIZATION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84859954603     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3210     Document Type: Review

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