Organization and dynamics of PDZ-domain-related supramodules in the postsynaptic density

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Feng, Wei ^a   Zhang, Mingjie ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; EPHRIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; HOMODIMER; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE CYCLASE KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUREXIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEIN SH3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTENIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; DENDRITIC SPINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE SRC; PDZ DOMAIN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PDZ DOMAINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSES;

EID: 58549092371     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2540     Document Type: Review

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