Congenital myasthenic syndromes and the formation of the neuromuscular junction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1132, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-103

  Beeson, David ^a,c   Webster, Richard ^a   Cossins, Judith ^a   Lashley, Daniel ^a   Spearman, Hayley ^a   Maxwell, Susan ^a   Slater, Clarke R ^b   Newsom Davis, John ^a   Palace, Jacqueline ^c   Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital myasthenic syndrome; Dok 7; Muscle specific tyrosine kinase; Neuromuscular junction; Rapsyn

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOK 7 PROTEIN; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAPSYN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 45249085054     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1405.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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