Neuromuscular synapse formation in mice lacking motor neuron- and skeletal muscle-derived neuregulin-1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 655-661

  Jaworski, Alexander ^a   Burden, Steven J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Cre recombinase; ErbB; Synaptogenesis; Tyrosine kinase; Z AP reporter mice

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAPHRAGM; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRASES; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 32544457356     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4506-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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