title: Some aspects of the neuronal cytoskeleton in development.
abstract: The review is focused on developmental aspects of the neuronal cytoskeleton, its molecular composition and the intracellular distribution of its elements. It includes a survey of the molecular properties of several cytoskeletal proteins such as tubulins, microtubule-associated proteins, neurofilament subunits, actins and brain spectrins. Furthermore it is addressed how microtubules, neurofilaments, microfilaments and the spectrin-based membrane cytoskeleton are involved in the generation of the neuronal cytoarchitecture, and how changes in the molecular composition of the cytoskeleton during the differentiation process of a neuron may correlate with cell function.
authors: Institut d'Anatomie, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: Riederer
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure*