Attenuated influx of calcium ions at nerve endings of csp and shibire mutant Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3233-3240

  Umbach, Joy A ^a   Saitoe, Minoru ^b   Kidokoro, Yoshi ^b   Gundersen, Cameron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca channels; Ca imaging; Cysteine string proteins; Drosophila; Presynaptic function; Shibire

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE STRING PROTEIN; DYNAMIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; LARVA; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032080204     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03233.1998     Document Type: Article

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