Neuregulins and erbB receptors at neuromuscular junctions and at agrin- induced postsynaptic-like apparatus in skeletal muscle

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Rimer, Mendell ^a,d   Cohen, Ilana ^a,e   Lømo, Terje ^b   Burden, Steven J ^c   McMahan, U J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Peptor Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031787386     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0695     Document Type: Article

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