Agrin receptors at the skeletal neuromuscular junction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-13

  Sanes, J R ^a   Apel, E D ^a   Gautam, M ^a   Glass, D ^a   Grady, R M ^a   Martin, P T ^a   Nichol, M C ^a   Yancopoulos, G D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; HEPARIN; LAMININ; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN; UTROPHIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENERVATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031879894     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10905.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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