Axonal transport: How high microtubule density can compensate for boundary effects in small-caliber axons

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 813-823

  Wortman, Juliana C ^a   Shrestha, Uttam M ^a   Barry, Devin M ^b   Garcia, Michael L ^c   Gross, Steven P ^a   Yu, Clare C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84894437848     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.047     Document Type: Article

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