Cellular and molecular insights into presynaptic assembly.
Little is known about the development of presynaptic specializations. Recent studies that visualize tagged synaptic components in cultured cells and in vivo have identified molecular participants and reveal common features in cellular processes of presynaptic assembly.
Schaefer
A M
AM
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8108, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. schaefra@thalamus.wustl.edu
Nonet
M L
ML
D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*