Induction, assembly, maturation and maintenance of a postsynaptic apparatus

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 791-805

  Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ARIA PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSK PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGRIN; ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUREGULINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035511932     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35097557     Document Type: Article

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