Small Immunoglobulin Domain Proteins at Synapses and the Maintenance of Neuronal Features

نویسندگان

  • Kelly Howell
  • Oliver Hobert
چکیده

The integrity of neural circuits must be maintained throughout the lifetime of an organism. In this issue of Neuron, Cherra and Jin (2016) characterize a small, two-Ig domain protein, ZIG-10, and its role in maintaining synaptic density in a specific set of C. elegans neurons.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neuron

دوره 89  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016