Structure function and splice site analysis of the synaptogenic activity of the neurexin-1β LNS domain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4256-4265

  Graf, Ethan R ^a   Kang, Yunhee ^a,b,c   Hauner, Anna M ^a   Craig, Ann Marie ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GABA; Gephyrin; Glutamate; Neuroligin; Postsynaptic; PSD 95; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN NEUREXIN 1BETA; PROTEIN NEUROLIGIN 1; PROTEIN NEUROLIGIN 2; PROTEIN NEUROLIGIN 3; PROTEIN NEUROLIGIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN IBETA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELL SURFACE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RNA SPLICE SITES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33646464124     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1253-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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