Alternatively spliced isoforms of nerve- and muscle-derived agrin: Their roles at the neuromuscular junction

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-44

  Burgess, Robert W ^a   Nguyen, Quyen T ^a   Young Jin, Son ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLICEOSOME; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033137032     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80751-5     Document Type: Article

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