Agrin binds to the nerve-muscle basal lamina via laminin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 671-683

  Denzer, Alain J ^a   Brandenberger, Ralph ^a,b   Gesemann, Matthias ^a   Chiquet, Matthias ^a,c   Ruegg, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ME Muller Inst for Biomech   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

AGRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COLLAGEN; COS CELLS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030976205     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.3.671     Document Type: Review

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