Maturation and maintenance of the neuromuscular synapse: Genetic evidence for roles of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex

Neuron

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-293

  Grady, R Mark ^a   Zhou, Heather ^a   Cunningham, Jeanette M ^a   Henry, Michael D ^b   Campbell, Kevin P ^b   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033757623     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80894-6     Document Type: Article

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