Dystrophin-associated proteins and synapse formation: Is α-dystroglycan the agrin receptor?

The complete sequence of dystrophin predicts a rod-shaped cytoskeletal protein

1988 • 1,501 citations

Primary structure of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins linking dystrophin to the extracellular matrix

1992 • 1,381 citations

Membrane organization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex

1991 • 1,321 citations

Synaptic structure and development: The neuromuscular junction

1993 • 846 citations

Dystroglycan-α, a dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, is a functional agrin receptor

1994 • 509 citations

An autosomal transcript in skeletal muscle with homology to dystrophin

1989 • 478 citations

Dystrophin-related protein is localized to neuromuscular junctions of adult skeletal muscle

1991 • 368 citations

Identification and purification of an agrin receptor from torpedo postsynaptic membranes: A heteromeric complex related to the dystroglycans

1994 • 307 citations

Laminin-binding protein 120 from brain is closely related to the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, dystroglycan, and binds with high affinity to the major heparin binding domain of laminin

1993 • 282 citations

Agrin induces phosphorylation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

1991 • 253 citations

Agrin released by motor neurons induces the aggregation of acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junctions

1992 • 231 citations

RNA splicing regulates agrin-mediated acetylcholine receptor clustering activity on cultured myotubes

1992 • 212 citations

Two forms of mouse syntrophin, a 58 kd dystrophin-associated protein, differ in primary structure and tissue distribution

1993 • 209 citations

Developmental regulation of highly active alternatively spliced forms of agrin

1993 • 188 citations

Different distributions of dystrophin and related proteins at nerve-muscle junctions

1992 • 131 citations

Structure and chromosomal localization of the mammalian agrin gene

1992 • 115 citations

Clustering and immobilization of acetylcholine receptors by the 43-kD protein: a possible role for dystrophin-related protein.

1993 • 107 citations

Molecules in Basal Lamina That Direct the Formation of Synaptic Specializations at Neuromuscular Junctions

1989 • 83 citations

The agrin receptor. Localization in the postsynaptic membrane, interaction with agrin, and relationship to the acetylcholine receptor.

1993 • 41 citations