Tissue- and age-specific expression patterns of alternatively spliced Agrin mRNA transcripts in embryonic rat suggest novel developmental roles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 6767-6778

  Stone, Donna M ^a   Nikolics, Karoly ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

agrin; alternatively spliced; extracellular matrix; in situ hybridization; neuronal specific; protein isoforms

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0028823323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-10-06767.1995     Document Type: Article

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