Neuroligin 2 is required for synapse development and function at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 687-699

  Sun, Mingkuan ^a,b   Xing, Guanglin ^a,b   Yuan, Liudi ^a,b   Gan, Guangming ^a,b   Knight, David ^c   With, Sheila Irene ^c   He, Cui ^a,b   Han, Junhai ^a,b   Zeng, Xiankun ^b   Fang, Ming ^a,b   Boulianne, Gabrielle L ^c,d   Xie, Wei ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d Toronto Medical Discovery Tower ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78651473017     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3854-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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