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Transport of proteins and ribonacleic acid along nerve axons
Author(s) -
Austin L.,
Bray J. J.,
Young R. J.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1966.tb04288.x
Subject(s) - axon , spinal cord , sciatic nerve , rna , leucine , axoplasmic transport , orotic acid , chemistry , anatomy , biophysics , amino acid , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , neuroscience , gene
SUMMARY The distribution of isotope in the sciatic nerve was determined at times up to 22 days after injection of (a) [ 14 C]leucine, or (b) [ 3 H]orotic acid, in the spinal cord of the chicken. The results indicate a distal flow of proteins, RNA precursors and perhaps RNA along the nerve axon.