Molecules involved in the formation of synaptic connections in muscle and brain

Matrix Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-12

  Ruegg, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CADHERIN; COLLAGEN; DYSTROGLYCAN; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSK; NEUREXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PERLECAN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035113263     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(00)00135-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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