Agrin-independent activation of the agrin signal transduction pathway

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 356-365

  Grow, Wade A ^a,c   Ferns, Michael ^b   Gordon, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; C2C12; Calcium; MUSK; Neuraminidase; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NEURAMINIDASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032864614     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990905)40:3<356::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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