Aberrant development of motor axons and neuromuscular synapses in MyoD-Null mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5161-5169

  Wang, Zuo Zhong ^a   Washabaugh, Charles H ^a   Yao, Yun ^a   Wang, Jun Mei ^a   Zhang, Lili ^a   Ontell, Martin P ^a   Watkins, Simon C ^a   Rudnicki, Michael A ^b   Ontell, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knock out mice; Muscle development; MuSK; MyoD; Neuromuscular junction; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RAPSYN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0038113259     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-05161.2003     Document Type: Article

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