Non-neural agrin codistributes with acetylcholine receptors during early differentiation of Torpedo electrocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1837-1846

  Cartaud, A ^a   Ludosky, M A ^a   Haasemann, M ^a   Jung, D ^b   Campbell, K ^b   Cartaud, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Dystroglycan; Dystrophin; Electrocyte; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TORPEDO;

EID: 0030011027     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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