THE BASEMENT-MEMBRANE AT THE NEUROMUSCULAR-JUNCTION - A SYNAPTIC MEDIATRIX

被引:35
作者
CARBONETTO, S
LINDENBAUM, M
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[1] Centre for Neuroscience Research, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Montreal, Que. H3G 1A4
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10.1016/0959-4388(95)80064-6
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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The basement membrane at the neuromuscular junction directs formation of pre- and postsynaptic elements at this synapse. Efforts to understand the molecular basis for development of the postsynaptic specialization have brought new insights into extracellular matrix proteins and their cell-surface receptors. Recent evidence for an agrin receptor and mice null for the s-laminin gene have reinforced the function of the basement membrane in both orthograde and retrograde signalling across the synapse.
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