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Get Ready to Wnt: Prepatterning in Neuromuscular Junction Formation

  • Bin Zhang
    ,
  • Wen C. Xiong
    ,
  • Lin Mei(corresponding author)
*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

Clustering of acetylcholine receptors (AChR) in muscle fibers prior to innervation by motor neurons is thought to be involved in neuromuscular junction formation. Jing et al. now report in Neuron that this prepatterning of AChRs, via a novel MuSK-dependent Wnt pathway, may guide motor axons to the central region of muscle fibers for synapse formation in zebrafish.

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Contribution to journal
Short survey
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Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 325-327 (3 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Developmental Cell (Volume 16, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 03/17/2009

Publication status

Published - 03/17/2009

ISSN

1534-5807

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 61749086213
  • PubMed: 19289078

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FWCI
0.14
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3
SciVal
citations
4
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Paper percentile
47
Fractional count
2
Fractional count
0.67
Fractional count
1
Fractional count
0.33
Fractional count
2
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1

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59
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7

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NINDS
R01NS040480