Targeted expression of tetanus toxin light chain in Drosophila specifically eliminates synaptic transmission and causes behavioral defects

Neuron

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 341-351

  Sweeney, Sean T ^a   Broadie, Kendal ^a   Keane, John ^a   Niemann, Heiner ^b   O'Kane, Cahir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANUS TOXIN;

EID: 0028815501     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90290-2     Document Type: Article

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