Overexpression of agrin isoforms in Xenopus embryos alters the distribution of synaptic acetylcholine receptors during development of the neuromuscular junction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-32

  Godfrey, Earl W ^a   Roe, Jeremy ^a   Heathcote, R David ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Agrin; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptogenesis; Xenopus embryos

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032921398     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9104     Document Type: Article

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