Overexpression of nPKC θ is inhibitory for agrin-induced nicotinic acetylcholine receptor clustering in C2C12 myotubes

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-195

  Miles, Kathryn ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; NAChR; Neuromuscular junction; nPKC ; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C THETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COS CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHORBOL ESTERS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037438177     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10467     Document Type: Article

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