Effects of purified recombinant neural and muscle agrin on skeletal muscle fibers in vivo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1441-1452

  Bezakova, Gabriela ^a,c   Helm, Johannes P ^a   Francolini, Maura ^b   Lømo, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Agrin; Electrical activity; Laminin; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LAMININ; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035954434     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.153.7.1441     Document Type: Article

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