The function of cortactin in the clustering of acetylcholine receptors at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Madhavan, Raghavan ^a   Gong, Zhuolin L ^a   Ma, Jin Jin ^a   Chan, Ariel W S ^a   Peng, H Benjamin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTACTIN; F ACTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYROSINE; ACTIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYOTUBE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; AGRIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORTACTIN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS;

EID: 77949507489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008478     Document Type: Article

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