Aggregation of sodium channels induced by a postnatally upregulated isoform of agrin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6775-6783

  Sharp, Andrew A ^b   Caldwell, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

agrin; ion channel aggregation; neuromuscular junction; sodium channel; synapse development

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029956805     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06775.1996     Document Type: Article

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