Formation of the neuromuscular junction: Molecules and mechanisms

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 819-829

  Meier, Thomas ^a   Wallace, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; AGRIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MUSK PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; MACROMOLECULE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTEGRINS; LAMININ; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SCHWANN CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032191005     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199810)20:10<819::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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