ARIA/HRG regulates AChR ε subunit gene expression at the neuromuscular synapse via activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Ras/MAPK pathway

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 465-476

  Tansey, Malú G ^a   Chu, Gerald C ^a   Merlie, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029977261     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.2.465     Document Type: Article

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