A mechanism for acetylcholine receptor clustering distinct from agrin signaling

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 435-443

  Grow, Wade A ^a,c   Ferns, Michael ^b   Gordon, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; Laminin; Myotubes; Neuraminidase; Sialic acid; Vicia villosa agglutinin lectin; Dystroglycan

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SIALIDASE; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DAG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LAMININ; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSK PROTEIN, HUMAN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYROSINE; VICIA LECTINS;

ARTICLE; MYOTUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; LAMININ; LECTINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIDASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT LECTINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0041382568     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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