Nerve-independent formation of a topologically complex postsynaptic apparatus

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1077-1087

  Kummer, Terrance T ^a   Misgeld, Thomas ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Laminin; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ; MUSCLE ENZYME; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; IMAGING; MATURATION; MOTOR NERVE; MYOTUBE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842613541     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200401115     Document Type: Article

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