"Agrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A protein component of the synaptic basal lamina. It has been shown to induce clustering of acetylcholine receptors on the surface of muscle fibers and other synaptic molecules in both synapse regeneration and development.
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D018171
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.631.050
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Agrin" by people in Profiles.
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Miller JB, Girgenrath M. The role of apoptosis in neuromuscular diseases and prospects for anti-apoptosis therapy. Trends Mol Med. 2006 Jun; 12(6):279-86.
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Packard M, Mathew D, Budnik V. Wnts and TGF beta in synaptogenesis: old friends signalling at new places. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2003 Feb; 4(2):113-20.
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Deyst KA, Bowe MA, Leszyk JD, Fallon JR. The alpha-dystroglycan-beta-dystroglycan complex. Membrane organization and relationship to an agrin receptor. J Biol Chem. 1995 Oct 27; 270(43):25956-9.
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Bowe MA, Deyst KA, Leszyk JD, Fallon JR. Identification and purification of an agrin receptor from Torpedo postsynaptic membranes: a heteromeric complex related to the dystroglycans. Neuron. 1994 May; 12(5):1173-80.