Drosophila growth cones advance by forward translocation of the neuronal cytoskeletal meshwork in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Roossien, Douglas H ^a   Lamoureux, Phillip ^a   Van Vactor, David ^b   Miller, Kyle E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH CONES; MICROTUBULES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOVEMENT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84893191307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080136     Document Type: Article

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