The signaling pathways mediated by P2Y nucleotide receptors in the formation and maintenance of the skeletal neuromuscular junction

NeuroSignals

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-64

  Tsim, Karl W K ^a   Barnard, Eric A ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; ATP; Neuromuscular junction; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; P2Y1 receptor; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGRIN; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; SODIUM ION; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y1 RECEPTOR;

BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036359623     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057322     Document Type: Review

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