Absence of α-syntrophin leads to structurally aberrant neuromuscular synapses deficient in utrophin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1385-1397

  Adams, Marvin E ^a,c   Kramarcy, Neal ^a   Krall, Stuart P ^a   Rossi, Susana G ^b   Rotundo, Richard L ^b   Sealock, Robert ^a   Froehner, Stanley C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Acetylcholinesterase; Dystrobrevin; Dystrophin; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA DYSTROBREVIN 2; ALPHA SYNTROPHIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROPHIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE LOCUS; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOPATHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SARCOLEMMA; SYNAPSES; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034683669     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.6.1385     Document Type: Article

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