Secrets of the secretory pathway in dendrite growth.
Dendrites and axons exhibit different morphologies and patterns of growth. This difference in neuronal structure is controlled by evolutionarily conserved directed trafficking through the secretory pathway.
Ehlers
Michael D
MD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. ehlers@neuro.duke.edu
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D049108:Cell Enlargement; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009489:Neurosecretion / Q000502:physiology*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*