Postsynaptic neuroligin enhances presynaptic inputs at neuronal nicotinic synapses

Developmental Biology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Conroy, William G ^a   Nai, Qiang ^a   Ross, Brendon ^a   Naughton, Gregory ^a   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary ganglion; Neurexin; Neuroligin; Nicotinic; PDZ; Receptor; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

BETA NEUREXIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NICOTINE; PDZ PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 34250197904     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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