Mutations in shaking-B prevent electrical synapse formation in the Drosophila giant fiber system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1101-1113

  Phelan, Pauline ^a   Nakagawa, Madoka ^a   Wilkin, Marian B ^a   Moffat, Kevin G ^b   O'Kane, Cahir J ^c   Davies, Jane A ^a   Bacon, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; electrical synapse; enhancer trap; escape response; gap junction; giant fiber system; neuronal development; shaking B gene; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GIANT AXON; INTERNEURON; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029985694     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01101.1996     Document Type: Article

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