Evidence that cysteine string proteins regulate an early step in the Ca2+-dependent secretion of neurotransmitter at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 7203-7209

  Umbach, Joy A ^a   Gundersen, Cameron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine string proteins; Drosophila; Presynaptic calcium channels; Shibire; Synaptic transmission; latrotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE STRING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030821466     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-19-07203.1997     Document Type: Article

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