Specific and innervation-regulated expression of the intermediate filament protein nestin at neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions in skeletal muscle

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 591-600

  Vaittinen, Samuli ^a   Lukka, Riitta ^a   Sahlgren, Cecilia ^a   Rantanen, Jussi ^a   Hurme, Timo ^b   Lendahl, Urban ^d   Eriksson, John E ^c   Kalimo, Hannu ^a,b,e  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032963474     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65304-7     Document Type: Article

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