Localization and regulation of MuSK at the neuromuscular junction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-319

  Bowen, David C ^a   Park, John S ^a   Bodine, Sue ^a   Stark, Jennifer L ^a   Valenzuela, David M ^a   Stitt, Trevor N ^a   Yancopoulos, George D ^a   Lindsay, Ronald M ^a   Glass, David J ^a   Distefano, Peter S ^a  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOTUBE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032528467     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8936     Document Type: Article

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