Altered glycosaminoglycan chain structure in a variant of the C2 mouse muscle cell line

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2580-2588

  Bowen, David C ^a,d   Gordon, Herman ^b   Hall, Zach W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; C2; Glycosaminoglycan; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction; Proteoglycans; S27

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PERLECAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SULFUR 35;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GEL FILTRATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029895267     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66062580.x     Document Type: Article

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