Lateral assembly of the immunoglobulin protein SynCAM 1 controls its adhesive function and instructs synapse formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4728-4738

  Fogel, Adam I ^a,b   Stagi, Massimiliano ^a   Perez De Arce, Karen ^a   Biederer, Thomas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadm; Cell adhesion; Immunoglobulin; Synapse; SynCAM

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COS CELLS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HEK293 CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURITES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 82455179432     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.336     Document Type: Article

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