The making of neurexins

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1339-1347

  Missler, Markus ^a   Fernandez Chacon, Rafael ^a   Südhof, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Neurexins; Neurexophilins; Neuroligins; Surface receptors; Synapses; Latrotoxin receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0031661170     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71041339.x     Document Type: Review

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