Postsynaptic abnormalities at the neuromuscular junctions of utrophin- deficient mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 883-894

  Deconinck, Anne E ^a   Potter, Allyson C ^a   Tinsley, Jonathon M ^a   Wood, Sarah J ^b   Vater, Ruth ^b   Young, Carol ^b   Metzinger, Laurent ^a   Vincent, Angela ^c   Slater, Clarke R ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; F ACTIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8044260252     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.4.883     Document Type: Article

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