Control of synaptic specificity by limiting promiscuous synapse formation
Chundi Xu, Emma K. Theisen, Elijah Rumbaut, Bryan Shum, Jing Peng, Dorota Tarnogorska, Jolanta A. Borycz, Liming Tan, Maximilien Courgeon, Ian A. Meinertzhagen, Matthew Y. Pecot
The paper shows that DIP proteins prevent ectopic synapse formation, suggesting that synaptic specificity is achieved by limiting promiscuous connections rather than promoting specific ones.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience