David E. Featherstone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Cellular/Molecular, Integrative Systems
Molecular mechanisms of glutamate receptor expression and localization.
Selected references
- Yael Grosjean, Micheline Grillet, Hrvoje Augustin, Jean-François Ferveur, and David E. Featherstone, A glial amino acid transporter controls synapse strength and courtship in Drosphila. Nature Neurosci 2008;11(1):54-61.
- Hrvoje Augustin/Yael Grosjean (joint first authors), aiyun Chen, Qi Sheng, and David E. Featherstone. Nonvesicular release of glutamate by glial xCT transporters suppresses and glutamate receptor clustering in vivo. J Neurosci 2007;27:111-123.
- K. Chen, C. Merino, S.J. Sigrist, and D.E. Featherstone, The 4.1 Protein Coracle Mediates Subunit-selective Anchoring of Drosophila Glutamate Receptors to the Postsynaptic Actin Cytoskelton. J Neurosci 2005;25(28):6667-6675.