Embryonic acetylcholine receptors guarantee spontaneous contractions in rat developing muscle

Molecular distinction between fetal and adult forms of muscle acetylcholine receptor

Masayoshi Mishina, Toshiyuki Takai, Keiji Imoto et al. · Nature · 1986 · 991 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

A single cardiac troponin T gene generates embryonic and adult isoforms via developmentally regulated alternate splicing.

Thomas A. Cooper, Charles P. Ordahl · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1985 · 306 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +15

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. IV. Evidence that a functional neuromuscular interaction is involved in the regulation of naturally occurring cell death and the stabilization of synapses

Randall Pittman, Ronald W. Oppenheim · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1979 · 302 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

A newly recognized congenital myasthenic syndrome attributed to a prolonged open time of the acetylcholine‐induced ion channel

Andrew G. Engel, Edward H. Lambert, Donald M. Mulder et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1982 · 262 citations

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +15

Change in synaptic channel gating during neuromuscular development

Bert Sakmann, Hans Rudolf Brenner · Nature · 1978 · 246 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14