Mutational analysis of the neurexin/neuroligin complex reveals essential and regulatory components

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 15124-15129

  Reissner, Carsten ^a   Klose, Martin ^a   Fairless, Richard ^a   Missler, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell adhesion; LNS domain; Neurotransmission; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NEUREGULIN-1; NEUROTOXINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 54449086786     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801639105     Document Type: Article

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