Maturation of the acetylcholine receptor in skeletal muscle: Regulation of the AChR γ-to-ε switch

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 223-238

  Missias, Andrea C ^b   Chu, Gerald C ^b   Klocke, Barbara J ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Merlie, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0345332575     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0253     Document Type: Article

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