So, rather than the number of AMPA receptors themselves, the abundance of scaffolding proteins appears to determine synaptic strength, effectively allowing AMPA receptors to receive signals from glutamate. (scientificamerican.com)
The huntingtin gene encodes a large scaffold protein, with many interaction partners, which is thought to be involved in intracellular trafficking. (sciencedaily.com)
The injection is made up of a mixture of VentriGelTM, a hydrogel derived from scaffolding protein that is extracted naturally from the heart. (sciencedaily.com)