Common molecular mechanisms in field-and agrin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-225

  Sabrina, Farial ^a   Stollberg, Jes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor; aggregation; agrin; dystrophin; electric fields

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030892787     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026365812496     Document Type: Article

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