A Transmembrane Accessory Subunit that Modulates Kainate-Type Glutamate Receptors
Zhang W, St-Gelais F, Grabner CP, Trinidad JC, Sumioka A, Morimoto-Tomita M, Kim KS, Straub C, Burlingame AL, Howe JR, Tomita S. A Transmembrane Accessory Subunit that Modulates Kainate-Type Glutamate Receptors. Neuron 2009, 61: 385-396. PMID: 19217376, PMCID: PMC2803770, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKainate-type glutamate receptorsGlutamate receptorsIonotropic glutamate receptorsKainate receptorsSynaptic transmissionSurface expressionNative kainate receptorsFast synaptic transmissionKainate receptor subunitsBrain-specific proteinsExcitatory transmissionNMDA receptorsAMPA receptorsReceptor subunitsReceptorsProtein levelsNETO2Auxiliary subunitsTARP auxiliary subunitsBrainVertebrate brainKainate receptor GluR6Proteomic screenMajor roleMEPSCs