The adhesion protein IgSF9b is coupled to neuroligin 2 via S-SCAM to promote inhibitory synapse development

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 929-944

  Woo, Jooyeon ^a,b   Kwon, Seok Kyu ^a,b   Nam, Jungyong ^a,b   Choi, Seungwon ^a,b   Takahashi, Hideto ^c   Krueger, Dilja ^d   Park, Joohyun ^e   Lee, Yeunkum ^a,b   Bae, Jin Young ^f   Lee, Dongmin ^g   Ko, Jaewon ^h   Kim, Hyun ^g   Kim, Myoung Hwan ^e   Bae, Yong Chul ^f   Chang, Sunghoe ^e   Craig, Ann Marie ^c   Kim, Eunjoon ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^g Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEPHYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; PROTEIN IGSF9B; PROTEIN SSCAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GUANYLATE KINASE; HEK293 CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84880017769     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201209132     Document Type: Article

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