Neurexin-1 is required for synapse formation and larvae associative learning in Drosophila

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2509-2516

  Zeng, Xiankun ^a   Sun, Mingkuan ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Chen, Fading ^a   Wei, Liuchan ^a   Xie, Wei ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Drosophila melanogaster; Neurexin 1; Null mutant; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FERTILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; LONGEVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; SMELL; SYNAPSES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249059390     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.04.068     Document Type: Article

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