1 University of Heidelberg, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Zoology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 232, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
2 Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Dept. New Materials and Biosystems, & University of Heidelberg, Dept. of Biophysical Chemistry, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany and Institute for Molecular Biophysics, The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
3 Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter N210, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
4 Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Dept. New Materials and Biosystems, & University of Heidelberg, Dept. of Biophysical Chemistry, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Adhesion and neurite formation of neurons and neuroblastoma cells critically depends on the lateral spacing of the cell adhesion molecule DM-GRASP offered as nanostructured substrate.