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SUBMITTER: Margeta MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2635768 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Margeta Milica A MA Wang George J GJ Shen Kang K
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090121 5
Neurons are highly polarized cells with morphologically and molecularly distinct axonal and dendritic compartments. It is not well understood how postsynaptic receptors are selectively enriched in dendrites in vivo. We investigated the molecular mechanisms of dendritically polarized localization of a glutamate receptor, an acetylcholine receptor, and a ROR-type receptor tyrosine kinase in the interneuron RIA in C. elegans. We found that the clathrin adaptor AP-1 complex mu1 subunit UNC-101 funct ...[more]