The postsynaptic submembrane machinery at the neuromuscular junction: Requirement for rapsyn and the utrophin/dystrophin-associated complex

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 709-726

  Banks, Glen B ^a   Fuhrer, Christian ^b   Adams, Marvin E ^a   Froehner, Stanley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HEPARIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RAPSYN; SYNTROPHIN; UTROPHIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PERIPHERAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 43K;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; UTROPHIN;

EID: 3042629357     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000020619.24681.2b     Document Type: Review

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