Liprin-α/SYD-2 determines the size of dense projections in presynaptic active zones in C. elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 849-863

  Kittelmann, Maike ^a,b   Hegermann, Jan ^a,c,d   Goncharov, Alexandr ^e   Taru, Hidenori ^e,g   Ellisman, Mark H ^f   Richmond, Janet E ^h   Jin, Yishi ^e   Eimer, Stefan ^a,c,i  

^a EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Cellular Neurobiology   (Germany)

^c DFG Research Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LIPRIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84890819665     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201302022     Document Type: Article

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