α-Dystroglycan isoforms are differentially distributed in adult rat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 182-194

  Moukhles, Hakima ^a   Roque, Rouel ^b   Carbonetto, Salvatore ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystrophin associated proteins; Glycosylation of dystroglycan; Monoclonal antibodies to dystroglycan; Muller cells

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROGLYCAN; LAMININ RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RAT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; FEMALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROGLIA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RETINA;

EID: 0034194475     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000501)420:2<182::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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