Primary structure and high expression of human agrin in basement membranes of adult lung and kidney

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Groffen, Alexander J A ^a   Buskens, Carin A F ^a   Van Kuppevelt, Toin H ^b   Veerkamp, Jacques H ^b   Monnens, Leo A H ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Lambert P W J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrin; Alveolar basement membrane; Glomerular basement membrane; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; LAMININ;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0032523830     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540123.x     Document Type: Article

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