Purification of synaptic ribbons, structural components of the photoreceptor active zone complex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7109-7116

  Schmitz, Frank ^a,b   Bechmann, Martin ^a   Drenckhahn, Detlev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

active zones; exocytosis; photoreceptor synapse; presynaptic densities; retina; synaptic ribbons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0029826498     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07109.1996     Document Type: Article

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