The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-64 locus encodes a syntaxin that interacts genetically with synaptobrevin

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1235-1252

  Saifee, Owais ^a   Wei, Liping ^a   Nonet, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNTAXIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031869652     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.6.1235     Document Type: Article

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