Dystroglycan in the cerebellum is a laminin α2-chain binding protein at the glial-vascular interface and is expressed in Purkinje cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2739-2747

  Tian, M ^a   Jacobson, C ^b   Gee, S H ^b   Campbell, K P ^c   Carbonetto, S ^b   Jucker, M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Basement membrane; Dystrophin; Merosin; Rat; Synapse; Utrophin; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; DYSTROPHIN RECEPTOR; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBELLUM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0030462678     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01568.x     Document Type: Article

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