Prodomain Removal Enables Neto to Stabilize Glutamate Receptors at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-26

  Kim, Young Jun ^a   Igiesuorobo, Oghomwen ^a   Ramos, Cathy I ^a   Bao, Hong ^b   Zhang, Bing ^b   Serpe, Mihaela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; FURIN 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROPILLIN; TOLLOID LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NETO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NETO GENE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84924403712     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004988     Document Type: Article

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