Cytoskeletal and signaling mechanisms of neurite formation

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267-278

  Sainath, Rajiv ^a   Gallo, Gianluca ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Filopodia; Microtubules; Neurite initiation; Neuritogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING PROTEIN 1B; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING PROTEIN 2; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING PROTEIN 2A; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING PROTEIN 2B; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING PROTEIN 2C; STATHMIN; STATHMIN LIKE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FILOPODIUM; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; NEURITE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURITES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84926647996     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1955-0     Document Type: Review

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