Spatial relationships of utrophin, dystrophin, β-dystroglycan and β-spectrin to acetylcholine receptor clusters during postnatal maturation of the rat neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 367-379

  Bewick, Guy S ^a   Young, Carol ^a   Slater, Clarke R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DYSTROGLYCAN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; SPECTRIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DYSTROGLYCANS; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPECTRIN; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TIME FACTORS; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0029845233     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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