The roles of cadherins and nectins in interneuronal synapse formation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 520-526

  Takai, Yoshimi ^a   Shimizu, Kazuya ^a   Ohtsuka, Toshihisa ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAN Research Institute ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NECTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0242656305     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2003.09.003     Document Type: Review

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