Neural agrin induces ectopic postsynaptic specializations in innervated muscle fibers

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 6534-6544

  Meier, Thomas ^a   Hauser, Dominik M ^a   Chiquet, Matthias ^c   Landmann, Lukas ^b   Ruegg, Markus A ^a   Brenner, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin dystroglycan; ErbB receptor; Laminin 2; MuSK; Neuromuscular junction; Rapsyn; Sodium channel; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030792692     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-17-06534.1997     Document Type: Article

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