Homer/Vesl proteins and their roles in CNS neurons

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-227

  Ehrengruber, Markus U ^a,b   Kato, Akihiko ^c   Inokuchi, Kaoru ^d   Hennou, Sonia ^b  

^a Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences (MITILS)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Immediate early gene; Inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate receptor; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Ryanodine receptor; Shank protein; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DYNAMIN III; HOMER 1 PROTEIN; HOMER 2 PROTEIN; HOMER 3 PROTEIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN CDC42; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 13; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; HOMER PROTEIN; ITPR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 4444230238     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MN:29:3:213     Document Type: Review

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