Evoked transmitter release at neuromuscular junctions in wild type and cysteine string protein null mutant larvae of Drosophila

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Heckmann, M ^a   Adelsberger, H ^a   Dudel, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Drosophila; Invertebrate; Presynaptic terminal; Release; Vesicle protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC;

EID: 0030953092     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00390-X     Document Type: Article

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