Seeing the unseen: The hidden world of slow axonal transport

Neuroscientist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-81

  Roy, Subhojit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cargo complexes; cytosolic proteins; diffusion; slow axonal transport; soluble proteins; transport packets

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

CYTOSOL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

CARGO COMPLEXES; CYTOSOLIC PROTEINS; DIFFUSION; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT; SOLUBLE PROTEINS; TRANSPORT PACKETS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84892910847     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413498306     Document Type: Review

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