Cytoskeleton: axons earn their stripes

Matthew N Rasband

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.050

Cytoskeleton: axons earn their stripes

Curr Biol. 2013 Mar 4;23(5):R197-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.050.

Author

Matthew N Rasband¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rasband@bcm.edu

PMID: 23473560
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.050

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.

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MeSH terms

Actins / ultrastructure*
Animals
Axons / chemistry*
Axons / ultrastructure*
Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / ultrastructure*
Cytoskeleton / chemistry*
Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure*
Spectrin / ultrastructure*

Substances

Actins
Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
Spectrin