Structure meets function: Actin filaments and myosin motors in the axon

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-220

  Arnold, Don B ^a   Gallo, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; axon; cytoskeleton; myosin; patches

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; SPECTRIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CELL ORGANELLE; FILOPODIUM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTIN; AXON; CYTOSKELETON; MYOSIN; PATCHES;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MYOSINS;

EID: 84897989782     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12503     Document Type: Review

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