Dystroglycan overexpression in vivo alters acetylcholine receptor aggregation at the neuromuscular junction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 595-605

  Heathcote, R David ^a   Ekman, Jonathan M ^a   Campbell, Kevin P ^b   Godfrey, Earl W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Agrin; Basal lamina; Dystroglycan; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RHODAMINE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MYOTOME; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034669148     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9906     Document Type: Article

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