Teneurins assemble into presynaptic nanoclusters that promote synapse formation via postsynaptic non-teneurin ligands

Abstract Extensive studies concluded that homophilic interactions between pre- and postsynaptic teneurins, evolutionarily conserved cell-adhesion molecules, encode the specificity of synaptic connections. However, no direct evidence is available to demonstrate that teneurins are actually required on...

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Main Authors: Xuchen Zhang, Pei-Yi Lin, Kif Liakath-Ali, Thomas C. Südhof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29751-1