Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation
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Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation.
Hippocampal neurons in culture initially extend several minor processes that are approximately 20 microns in length. The first minor process to grow approximately 10 microns longer than the others will continue to grow rapidly and become the axon (Goslin and Banker, 1989). We sought to define changes in the microtubule (MT) array that occur during axon differentiation. In theory, axon different...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-05-02818.1994