SynCAMs organize synapses through heterophilic adhesion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 12516-12530

  Fogel, Adam I ^a   Akins, Michael R ^a,c   Krupp, Alexander J ^b   Stagi, Massimiliano ^a   Stein, Valentin ^b   Biederer, Thomas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CADM; Synapse; Synaptic adhesion; Synaptic transmission; Synaptogenesis; SynCAM

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 2; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 3; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 36248987849     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2739-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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