β-Dystroglycan: Subcellular localisation in rat brain and detection of a novel immunologically related, postsynaptic density-enriched protein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2455-2459

  Mummery, Rosemary ^a   Sessay, Abdul ^b   Lai, F Anthony ^b   Beesley, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Glycoprotein; Postsynaptic density; Synaptic membrane; Dystroglycan

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029975426     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66062455.x     Document Type: Article

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