Antisense agrin cDNA transfection blocks neuroblastoma cell-induced acetylcholine receptor aggregation when co-cultured with myotubes

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 87-99

  Pun, San ^a   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antisense; Nerve muscle co culture; Neuroblastoma; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTUBE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030696922     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1997.0637     Document Type: Article

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