Exocytosis: SNAREs drum up!

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 415-422

  Ludger, Johannes ^a   Galli, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Rab proteins; SNAREs

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; HYBRID PROTEIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; HYDROLYSIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTOXINS; SNARE PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031841676     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00081.x     Document Type: Review

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