Laminins of the neuromuscular system

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-261

  Patton, Bruce L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Muscular dystrophy; Myotendinous junction; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEURONS; OLIGOMERS;

BASAL LAMINA; ISOFORMS; LAMININ; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTENDINOUS JUNCTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; SCHWANN CELLS; SYNAPSE FORMATION; SYNAPTIC CLEFT;

MUSCLE;

ISOPROTEIN; LAMININ;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LAMIINAE; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034333005     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20001101)51:3<247::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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