Thrombin action decreases acetylcholine receptor aggregate number and stability in cultured mouse myotubes

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-123

  Davenport, Roger W ^b   Lanuza, Maria ^c   Kim, Sunghee ^a   Jia, Min ^a   Snyder, Eric ^a   Nelson, P G ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Aggregate; Cell culture; Myotube; Protease inhibitor; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HIRUDIN; LEUPEPTIN; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; THROMBIN; THROMBIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THIGH;

ANIMALS; ANTITHROMBINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIRUDINS; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; THROMBIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034734292     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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