Acetylcholinesterase clustering at the neuromuscular junction involves perlecan and dystroglycan

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 911-921

  Peng, H Benjamin ^a   Xie, Hongbo ^a   Rossi, Susanna G ^a,b   Rotundo, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase (ACHE); Basal lamina; Dystroglycan; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Neuromuscular junction; Perlecan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DYSTROGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; PERLECAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; ELAPID VENOMS; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PROTEOGLYCANS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033577899     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.4.911     Document Type: Article

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