Dual roles for Wnt signalling during the formation of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-136

  Henriquez J P ^a   Salinas, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrin; Neuromuscular junction; Post synaptic; Synapse; Wnts

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; BETA CATENIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SYNAPSES; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 83155181729     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02295.x     Document Type: Review

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