Agrin in the developing CNS: New roles for a synapse organizer

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 207-212

  Kröger, Stephan ^a   Schröder, Jörn E ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; ISOPROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0036794744     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/nips.01390.2002     Document Type: Review

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