Selective depletion of clear synaptic vesicles and enhanced quantal transmitter release at frog motor nerve endings produced by trachynilysin, a protein toxin isolated from stonefish (Synanceia trachynis) venom

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2149-2156

  Colasante, Cesare ^a,b   Meunier, Frédéric A ^a   Kreger, Arnold S ^c   Molgó, Jordi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Medical Sciences Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Large dense core vesicles; Miniature endplate potentials; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; FISH VENOM; NEUROPEPTIDE; TOXIN; TRACHYNILYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FISH VENOMS; FISHES; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROTOXINS; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0029857616     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb00736.x     Document Type: Article

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