Silencing of neuroligin function by postsynaptic neurexins

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2815-2824

  Taniguchi, Hiroki ^a,d   Gollan, Leora ^a   Scholl, Francisco G ^a,e   Mahadomrongkul, Veeravan ^b,f   Dobler, Elizabeth ^b   Limthong, Nicolas ^a   Peck, Morgen ^a   Aoki, Chiye ^b   Scheiffele, Peter ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Physicians and Surgeons 11 511 ^*  (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Hippocampal neurons; Hippocampus; Neurexin; Neuroligin; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS;

EID: 33947312675     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0032-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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