Different functions of fetal and adult AChR subtypes for the formation and maintenance of neuromuscular synapses revealed in ε-subunit-deficient mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3107-3116

  Schwarz, Holger ^a   Giese, Günter ^a,b   Müller, Holger ^a   Koenen, Michael ^a   Witzemann, Veit ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholinergic receptors; Developmental; Gene expression regulation; Gene targeting; Motor endplate; Neuromuscular disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SARCOMERE; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGRIN; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; DIAPHRAGM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033818788     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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