Open AccessNeurofilaments at a glance
Author(s) -
Aidong Yuan,
Mala V. Rao,
Veeranna,
Ralph A. Nixon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cell science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.384
H-Index - 278
eISSN - 1477-9137
pISSN - 0021-9533
DOI - 10.1242/jcs.104729
Subject(s) - biology , neurofilament , computational biology , immunology , immunohistochemistry
Neurofilaments (NFs) are intermediate filaments with a diameter of 10 nm, similar to that of neurons. Although they are present in perikarya and dendrites, neurofilaments are particularly abundant in axons, where they are essential for the radial growth of axons during development, the maintenance
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