Molecular mechanisms of presynaptic differentiation

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-262

  Jin, Yishi ^a   Garner, Craig C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Axon; Development; Presynaptic cytomatrix; Synapse; Transport; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 PHOSPHONOPROPIONIC ACID; ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EXOCYST; F ACTIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NCAM 120; NCAM 140; NCAM 180; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHR PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANATOMY; BIOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE MEMBRANE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; EXOCYTOSIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 55849144680     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.23.090506.123417     Document Type: Review

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