Neuroligin-3 is a neuronal adhesion protein at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1738-1748

  Budreck, Elaine C ^a   Scheiffele, Peter ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cell adhesion molecule; GABA synapse; Neuroligin; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 1; NEUROLIGIN 2; NEUROLIGIN 3; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LEVEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYNAPSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RODENT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34848892693     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05842.x     Document Type: Article

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