Neuromuscular junctions: The state of the union

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1073-1075

  Wells, David G ^a   Fallon, Justin R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030230806     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70668-4     Document Type: Article

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