The crystal structure of the α-neurexin-1 extracellular region reveals a hinge point for mediating synaptic adhesion and function

Structure

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-778

  Miller, Meghan T ^a   Mileni, Mauro ^b   Comoletti, Davide ^a   Stevens, Raymond C ^b   Harel, Michal ^a,c   Taylor, Palmer ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUREXIN 1; NEUREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSYLATION; HINGE REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79958143403     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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