α-Actinin-2 mediates spine morphology and assembly of the post-synaptic density in hippocampal neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Hodges, Jennifer L ^a,b   Vilchez, Samuel Martin ^a   Asmussen, Hannelore ^a   Whitmore, Leanna A ^a   Horwitz, Alan Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA ACTININ 4; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; ACTININ; ACTN2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FILOPODIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTININ; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS;

EID: 84904052300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101770     Document Type: Article

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