Intracellular calcium regulates agrin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 672-678

  Megeath, Laura J ^a,b   Fallon, Justin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AChR phosphorylation; Agrin; Intracellular calcium; Neuromuscular junction; Postsynaptic differentiation; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0031972621     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-02-00672.1998     Document Type: Article

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