Peripherin is a subunit of peripheral nerve neurofilaments: Implications for differential vulnerability of cns and peripheral nervous system axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 8501-8508

  Yuan, Aidong ^a,b   Sasaki, Takahiro ^a,e   Kumar, Asok ^a,b   Peterhoff, Corrinne M ^a   Rao, Mala V ^a,b   Liem, Ronald K ^c   Julien, Jean Pierre ^d   Nixon, Ralph A ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PERIPHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84862849287     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1081-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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