Roles of rapsyn and agrin in interaction of postsynaptic proteins with acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 6405-6416

  Fuhrer, Christian ^a,c   Gautam, Medha ^b,d   Sugiyama, Janice E ^a,e   Hall, Zach W ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Hexos Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; Neuromuscular junction; Protein interactions; Rapsyn; Synaptogenesis; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0033179225     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-15-06405.1999     Document Type: Article

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