Cell adhesion molecules of the NCAM family and their roles at synapses

The Sticky Synapse: Cell Adhesion Molecules and Their Role in Synapse Formation and Maintenance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 265-299

  Owczarek, Sylwia ^a   Kristiansen, Lars V ^b   Hortsch, Michael ^c   Walmod, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

apCAM; ATP; Fasciclin II; Immunoglobulin; NCAM; PSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551709369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92708-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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