The Microtubule Regulatory Protein Stathmin Is Required to Maintain the Integrity of Axonal Microtubules in Drosophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Duncan, Jason E ^a   Lytle, Nikki K ^a   Zuniga, Alfredo ^a   Goldstein, Lawrence S B ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN 1; STATHMIN; KINESIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; LARVA; LIFESPAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; STAI GENE; ANIMAL; AXON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; STATHMIN;

EID: 84879477553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068324     Document Type: Article

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