Lrp4 is a retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation at neuromuscular synapses

Nature64.80
Volume: 489, Issue: 7416, Pages: 438 - 442
Published: Sep 20, 2012
Abstract
Lrp4 acts bidirectionally and coordinates synapse formation by binding agrin, activating MuSK and stimulating postsynaptic differentiation, and functioning in turn as a muscle-derived retrograde signal that is necessary and sufficient for presynaptic differentiation. Developing neuromuscular junctions are most frequently studied from the postsynaptic side — through molecules that orchestrate muscle maturation. Now Steve Burden and colleagues...
Paper Details
Title
Lrp4 is a retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation at neuromuscular synapses
Published Date
Sep 20, 2012
Journal
Volume
489
Issue
7416
Pages
438 - 442
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