PDZ domain proteins of synapses

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 771-781

  Kim, Eunjoon ^a   Sheng, Morgan ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PDZ PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 5044224260     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1517     Document Type: Review

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