Building the vertebrate neuromuscular synapse

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 501-511

  Burden, Steven J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; MuSK; Neuromuscular junction; Rapsyn

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VERTEBRATE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036891517     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10137     Document Type: Article

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