The role of dystroglycan, a novel receptor of laminin and agrin, in cell differentiation

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Matsumura, K ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

agrin; dystroglycan; dystrophin; extracellular matrix; laminin

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; LAMININ;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, LAMININ; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031018436     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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