Alternative RNA splicing that determines agrin activity regulates binding to heparin and α-dystroglycan

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1663-1672

  Campanelli, James T ^a   Gayer, Gregory G ^a   Scheller, Richard H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Dystroglycan; Heparin; Proteoglycan; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AGRIN; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; HEPARIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029975516     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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