NGL family PSD-95-interacting adhesion molecules regulate excitatory synapse formation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1294-1301

  Kim, Seho ^a   Burette, Alain ^b   Chung, Hye Sun ^c   Kwon, Seok Kyu ^a   Woo, Jooyeon ^a   Lee, Hyun Woo ^a   Kim, Karam ^a   Kim, Hyun ^c   Weinberg, Richard J ^b,d   Kim, Eunjoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ISOPROTEIN; NETRIN; NETRIN G LIGAND 2; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEURITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITES; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSFECTION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 33749026932     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1763     Document Type: Article

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