title: Cytoskeleton: axons earn their stripes.
abstract: Axons must be supported by a strong and flexible cytoskeleton. New 'super-resolution' imaging of the submembranous axonal cytoskeleton reveals that it is organized in a periodic, ladder-like structure with alternating rings of actin linked together by intervening complexes of spectrin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rasband@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rasband
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013049:Spectrin / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D013049:Spectrin