Schwann cell-derived neuregulin-2α can function as a cell-attached activator of muscle acetylcholine receptor expression

GLIA

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 630-637

  Ponomareva, Olga N ^a   Fischer, Tobias M ^b,c   Lai, Cary ^b   Rimer, Mendell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuregulins; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse; Synapse specific transcription

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN NEUREGULIN 2ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCHWANN CELLS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33749018554     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20413     Document Type: Article

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