Laminin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering: An alternative pathway

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Sugiyama, J E ^a   Glass, D J ^b   Yancopoulos, G D ^b   Hall, Z W ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TYROSINE;

EID: 0030879133     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.1.181     Document Type: Article

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