Constitutively active MuSK is clustered in the absence of agrin and induces ectopic postsynaptic-like membranes in skeletal muscle fibers

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3376-3383

  Jones, Graham ^a   Moore, Chris ^a   Hashemolhosseini, Said ^a   Brenner, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrin; Gene transcription; Muscle; MUSK; Neuromuscular junction; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033135386     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03376.1999     Document Type: Article

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