Stability properties of neuronal microtubules

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 442-460

  Baas, Peter W ^a   Rao, Anand N ^a   Matamoros, Andrew J ^a   Leo, Lanfranco ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

+tip; acetylation; Alzheimer's disease; axon; CAMSAP; dendrite; detyrosination; fidgetin; katanin; labile; MAP6; microtubule; microtubule stability; neurodegeneration; neuron; nocodazole; polyamination; spastin; stable; tau; taxol; tubulin

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AXON; CELL ORGANELLE; DENDRITE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84986564735     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21286     Document Type: Review

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