Phosphorylation-dependent effects of synapsin IIa on actin polymerization and network formation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2712-2722

  Nielander, Hendrikus B ^a,b   Onofri, Franco ^a,b   Schaeffer, Eric ^d   Menegon, Andrea ^c   Fesce, Riccardo ^c   Valtorta, Flavia ^c   Greengard, Paul ^d   Benfenati, Fabio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Section of Physiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Exocytosis; Rat; Synaptic vesicles; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSIN II;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0031428043     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01700.x     Document Type: Article

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