Overexpression of rapsyn modifies the intracellular trafficking of acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-163

  Han, Hong ^a   Yang, Shi Hong ^a   Phillips, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Nicotinic; Postsynaptic; Rapsyn; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0034655662     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000415)60:2<155::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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