Signaling by synaptogenic molecules

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Biederer, Thomas ^a   Stagi, Massimiliano ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN;

CELL SECRETION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 53949121597     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.014     Document Type: Review

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