Neuregulins: Primary or secondary signals for the control of synapse-specific gene expression

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 665-675

  Rimer, Mendell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE CELL; MYASTHENIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEUREGULINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 3042531978     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000020615.79831.51     Document Type: Review

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