Differential regional expression and ultrastructural localization of α- actinin-2, a putative NMDA receptor-anchoring protein, in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1383-1392

  Wyszynski, Michael ^a   Kharazia, Viktor ^b   Shanghvi, Roopal ^c   Rao, Anuradha ^d   Beggs, Alan H ^a   Craig, Ann Marie ^a   Weinberg, Richard ^b   Sheng, Morgan ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; GKAP; Glutamatergic synapses; NMDA receptor; Postsynaptic density; actinin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTOGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0032519871     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01383.1998     Document Type: Article

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