Agrin isoforms with distinct amino termini: Differential expression, localization, and function

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-52

  Burgess, Robert W ^a   Skarnes, William C ^b   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Gene trap; Motoneuron; Neuromuscular junction; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; FOLLISTATIN; LAMININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHO CELL; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXONS; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034597091     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.151.1.41     Document Type: Article

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