Evidence of an agrin receptor in cortical neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7384-7393

  Hilgenberg, Lutz G W ^a   Hoover, Cameron L ^a   Smith, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; c fos; Cortex; Neuromuscular junction; Signal transduction; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033198115     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07384.1999     Document Type: Article

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