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Extracellular neurotransmitter receptor clustering: think outside the box Free
Matthias Kneussel*
Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University of Hamburg Medical School, Falkenried 94, 20251 Hamburg, Germany *Correspondence to:Matthias Kneussel, E-mail: matthias.kneussel@zmnh.uni-hamburg.de
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2010, 107-109,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjp049

Postsynaptic submembrane scaffolds cluster neurotransmitter receptors through intracellular protein-protein interactions. Growing evidence supports the view that extracellular factors can be almost as important to trigger synaptic receptor aggregation.