A role of midkine in the development of the neuromuscular junction

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 56-70

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Muramatsu, Takashi ^b   Halfter, Willi ^c   Tsim, Karl W K ^d   Peng, H Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agrin; Heparin binding growth associated molecule (HB GAM); Midkine (MK); Neuromuscular junction (NMJ); Synaptogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HEPARAN SULFATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MIDKINE; PLEIOTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030668122     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1997.0638     Document Type: Article

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