A post-synaptic scaffold at the origin of the animal kingdom.

The evolution of complex sub-cellular structures such as the synapse requires the assembly of multiple proteins, each conferring added functionality to the integrated structure. Tracking the early evolution of synapses has not been possible without genomic information from the earliest branching ani...

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Main Authors: Onur Sakarya, Kathryn A Armstrong, Maja Adamska, Marcin Adamski, I-Fan Wang, Bruce Tidor, Bernard M Degnan, Todd H Oakley, Kenneth S Kosik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1876816?pdf=render