Full-length agrin isoform activities and binding site distributions on cultured Xenopus muscle cells

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-88

  Daggett, David F ^a   Stone, Donna ^b   Peng, H Benjamin ^a   Nikolics, Karoly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030005102     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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