title: Agrin isoforms and their role in synaptogenesis.
abstract: Agrin is thought to mediate the motor neuron-induced aggregation of synaptic proteins on the surface of muscle fibers at neuromuscular junctions. Recent experiments provide direct evidence in support of this hypothesis, reveal the nature of agrin immunoreactivity at sites other than neuromuscular junctions, and have resulted in findings that are consistent with the possibility that agrin plays a role in synaptogenesis throughout the nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5401.
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: McMahan
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Werle
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Honig
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ruegg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Escher
mesh_terms: D018171:Agrin; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018171:Agrin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins