The architecture of an excitatory synapse

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 819-823

  Chua, John J E ^a   Kindler, Stefan ^b   Boyken, Janina ^a   Jahn, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANKYRIN; CADHERIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE STRING PROTEIN; DYNAMIN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77951162263     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.052696     Document Type: Review

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