Development of the neuromuscular junction: Genetic analysis in mice

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Apel, Elizabeth D ^a   Burgess, Robert W ^a   Emerson, Ronald B ^b   Feng, Guoping ^a   Gautam, Medha ^a,e   Glass, David ^d   Grady, R Mark ^a   Krejci, Eric ^c   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Lu, Jonathan T ^b   Massoulié, Jean ^c   Miner, Jeffrey H ^a   Moscoso, Lisa M ^a   Nguyen, Quyen ^a   Nichol, Mia ^a   Noakes, Peter G ^a,f   Patton, Bruce L ^a   Son, Young Jin ^a,g   Yancopoulos, George D ^d   Zhou, Heather ^a   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROBREVIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DYSTROPHIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 5; GLYCOPROTEIN; LAMININ; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN; TENASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032105347     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80004-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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