Defective neuromuscular synaptogenesis in agrin-deficient mutant mice

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 525-535

  Gautam, Medha ^a   Noakes, Peter G ^a,c   Moscoso, Lisa ^a   Rupp, Fabio ^b,d   Scheller, Richard H ^b   Merlie, John P ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029893117     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81253-2     Document Type: Article

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