A novel role for retrograde transport of microtubules in the axon

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 416-425

  Baas, Peter W ^a   Mozgova, Olga I ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal transport; Degeneration; Dynein; Katanin; Kinesin; Microtubule; Microtubule severing protein; Motor; Neuron; Neuropathy; Spastin

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 12; KINESIN 14; KINESIN 5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL ELONGATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84863782833     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21013     Document Type: Article

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