Agrin becomes concentrated at neuroeffector junctions in developing rodent urinary bladder

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-125

  Gingras, J ^a   Spicer, J ^a   Altares, M ^a,b   Zhu, Q ^b   Kuchel, G A ^b   Ferns, M ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Development; Extracellular matrix; Mouse; Parasympathetic neuroeffector junction; Pelvic ganglion neurons; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Smooth muscle; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AGRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLADDER; BLADDER INNERVATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GANGLION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UROTHELIUM;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEUROEFFECTOR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; URINARY BLADDER;

RODENTIA;

EID: 17444398583     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-1045-9     Document Type: Article

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