Neurofilament assembly and function during neuronal development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-101

  Laser Azogui, Adi ^a   Kornreich, Micha ^a   Malka Gibor, Eti ^a   Beck, Roy ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84922130219     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.01.003     Document Type: Review

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