Receptors, gephyrin and gephyrin-associated proteins: Novel insights into the assembly of inhibitory postsynaptic membrane specializations

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Kneussel, Matthias ^a   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PROFILIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; PROTEIN RAFT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NERVE CELL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0034657203     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-4-00001.x     Document Type: Article

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