Electron microscopic structure of agrin and mapping of its binding site in laminin-1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 335-343

  Denzer, Alain J ^a   Schulthess, Therese ^a   Fauser, Charlotte ^a   Schumacher, Beat ^a   Kammerer, Richard A ^a   Engel, Jürgen ^a   Ruegg, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Electron microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LAMININ; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; COS CELLS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032518822     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.2.335     Document Type: Article

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