Laminin and α7β1 integrin regulate agrin-induced clustering of acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2877-2886

  Burkin, D J ^a   Kim, J E ^a   Gu, M ^a   Kaufaman, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; Laminin; Neuromuscular junction; 7 1 integrin

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ; MEROSIN; TYROSINE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033824947     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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