Drosophila neuroligin 2 is required presynaptically and postsynaptically for proper synaptic differentiation and synaptic transmission

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 16018-16030

  Chen, Yu Chi ^a   Lin, Yong Qi ^b   Banerjee, Swati ^a,c   Venken, Koen ^b   Li, Jingjun ^a   Ismat, Afshan ^a,d   Chen, Kuchuan ^b   Duraine, Lita ^b   Bellen, Hugo J ^b   Bhat, Manzoor A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84868580537     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1685-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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