Specific agrin isoforms induce cAMP response element binding protein phosphorylation in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9695-9702

  Ji, Ru Rong ^a   Böse, Christian M ^a   Lesuisse, Christian ^a   Qiu, Dike ^a   Huang, Justin C ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Rupp, Fabio ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin isoforms; Calcium; CREB phosphorylation; Hippocampal neurons; PKA; Receptor tyrosine kinases; Synapses

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; GENISTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032402149     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09695.1998     Document Type: Article

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