Neurexin in embryonic Drosophila neuromuscular junctions.

BACKGROUND: Neurexin is a synaptic cell adhesion protein critical for synapse formation and function. Mutations in neurexin and neurexin-interacting proteins have been implicated in several neurological diseases. Previous studies have described Drosophila neurexin mutant phenotypes in third instar l...

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Main Authors: Kaiyun Chen, Elena O Gracheva, Szi-Chieh Yu, Qi Sheng, Janet Richmond, David E Featherstone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2885429?pdf=render