Reduced glycosaminoglycan sulfation diminishes the agrin signal transduction pathway

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  McDonnell, Kelly M W ^a   Grow, Wade A ^a,b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; C2C12; Chlorate; Glycosaminoglycan; Neuromuscular synapse; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHLORATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SULFATION;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHLORATES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFATES; TYROSINE;

EID: 7544225848     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080706     Document Type: Article

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