Polymorphic receptors: Neuronal functions and molecular mechanisms of diversification

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-30

  Schreiner, Dietmar ^a   Nguyen, Thi Minh ^a   Scheiffele, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DSCAM1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SURFACE; CONNECTOME; EXON; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84895772316     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.02.009     Document Type: Review

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