The clustering of GABAA receptor subtypes at inhibitory synapses is facilitated via the direct binding of receptor α2 subunits to gephyrin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1356-1365

  Tretter, Verena ^a,b   Jacob, Tija C ^a,b   Mukherjee, Jayanta ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^c   Pangalos, Menelas N ^d   Moss, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4; Clustering; GABA A receptor trafficking; GABAA receptor; Gephyrin; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLUSTER OF DIFFERENTIATION MOLECULE 4 PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 38949182650     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5050-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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