The receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK is required for neuromuscular junction formation and is a functional receptor for agrin

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1996, Pages 435-444

  Glass, D J ^a   Dechiara, T M ^a   Stitt, T N ^a   Distefano, P S ^a   Valenzuela, D M ^a   Yancopoulos, G D ^a  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE MUSK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MYOBLAST; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TORPEDO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 0030439465     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1996.061.01.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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