Formation of postsynaptic-like membranes during differentiation of embryonic stem cells in vitro

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-225

  Rohwedel, Jürgen ^a   Kleppisch, Thomas ^b   Pich, Uta ^a   Guan, Kaomei ^a   Jin, Shan ^a   Zuschratter, Werner ^c   Hopf, Carsten ^d   Hoch, Werner ^d   Hescheler, Jürgen ^e   Witzemann, Veit ^f   Wobus, Anna M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Special Lab for Noninvasive Brain Imaging   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Myogenesis; Neurogenesis; Neuromuscular junctions; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031815186     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3903     Document Type: Article

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