Association of muscle-specific kinase MuSK with the acetylcholine receptor in mammalian muscle

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 4951-4960

  Fuhrer, Christian ^a   Sugiyama, Janice E ^a   Taylor, Robin G ^a   Hall, Zach W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; Muscle specific kinase MuSK; Neuromuscular junction; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HERBIMYCIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MYOTUBE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; LACTAMS, MACROCYCLIC; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; QUINONES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAUROSPORINE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030789733     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.16.4951     Document Type: Article

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