Deciphering the function of neurexins at cellular junctions

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 793-796

  Littleton, J Troy ^a   Bhat, Manzoor A ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030926546     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.4.793     Document Type: Review

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