Characterisation of α-dystrobrevin in muscle

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2595-2605

  Nawrotzki, Ralph ^a,c   Loh, Nellie Y ^a   Ruegg, Markus A ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a,d   Blake, Derek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering; Agrin; Dystrobrevin; Muscle; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROBREVIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; FETUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNAPSES; UTROPHIN; VANADATES;

EID: 0031692546     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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