Using fly genetics to dissect the cytoskeletal machinery of neurons during axonal growth and maintenance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2331-2341

  Prokop, Andreas ^a   Beaven, Robin ^a   Qu, Yue ^a   Sánchez Soriano, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon; Brain disorders; Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; Growth cone; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANKYRIN; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; F ACTIN; MICROTUBULE BINDING PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MACHINE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN; AXON; BRAIN DISORDERS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84880008533     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126912     Document Type: Article

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