Rapsyn clusters and activates the synapse-specific receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 953-962

  Gillespie, Susan K H ^a   Balasubramanian, Sudha ^a   Fung, Eric T ^a   Huganir, Richard L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUAIL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029982641     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80118-X     Document Type: Article

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