N-cadherin induces partial differentiation of cholinergic presynaptic terminals in heterologous cultures of brainstem neurons and CHO cells
N-cadherin is a calcium-sensitive cell adhesion molecule commonly expressed at synaptic junctions and contributes to formation and maturation of synaptic contacts. This study used heterologous cell cultures of brainstem cholinergic neurons and transfected Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells to examin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2012.00006/full |