Paralogs of Slitrk cell adhesion molecules configure excitatory synapse specificity via distinct cellular mechanisms

• Dongwook Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dongwook Kim, Byeongchan Kim, Jinhu Kim

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

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• Byeongchan Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dongwook Kim, Byeongchan Kim, Jinhu Kim

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea

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• Jinhu Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dongwook Kim, Byeongchan Kim, Jinhu Kim

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

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• Na-Young Seo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Neural Circuits Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, Korea

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• Hyeonho Kim,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

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• Kyung Ah Han,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

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• Jubeen Yoon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of NanoBiomedical Engineering (NanoBME), Advanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

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• Christian P. Macks,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

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• Joris de Wit,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Leuven, Belgium

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• Chang Ho Sohn,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

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• Kea Joo Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Neural Circuits Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, Korea

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• Ji Won Um,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

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• Jaewon Ko

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jaewonko@dgist.ac.kr

  Affiliations Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9184-1574

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