1. The authors are at the Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology Research Institute and Molecular Neuroscience Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China. e-mail: boip@ust.hk

Abstract

Motor neurons and muscle fibers interact in complex ways to build the neuromuscular synapse. A new study shows that -catenin is required in muscle to provide an unknown retrograde signal that is necessary for presynaptic transmitter release.

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