2007
Mixed-culture assays for analyzing neuronal synapse formation
Biederer T, Scheiffele P. Mixed-culture assays for analyzing neuronal synapse formation. Nature Protocols 2007, 2: 670-676. PMID: 17406629, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.92.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertebrate central nervous systemIndividual cell surface proteinsSynaptic adhesion complexesCell biological mechanismsPostsynaptic membrane domainsCell surface proteinsAssembly of synapsesAdhesion complexesMembrane domainsNeuronal synapse formationIndividual proteinsSynaptogenic activityGenetic studiesBidirectional signalingPrimary neuronal culturesSynapse formationSynaptic differentiationMixed culture assayBiological mechanismsSynaptic structureProteinNew insightsSynaptic cleftNeuronal culturesAssay system
2006
SynCAM in Formation and Function of Synaptic Specializations
Biederer T. SynCAM in Formation and Function of Synaptic Specializations. 2006, 125-135. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32562-0_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInteraction motifsSynCAM 1Short cytosolic tailProtein interaction motifsSingle transmembrane regionIg-like domainsCytosolic tailActin cytoskeletonTransmembrane regionIntracellular sequencesExtracellular sequencesAdaptor moleculeGeneral roleMembrane differentiationSynaptic differentiationCentral nervous systemPostsynaptic membraneAdhesion moleculesProteinSynaptic cleftMotifPresynaptic terminalsDifferentiationSequenceFamily members