ROP, the Drosophila Sec1 homolog, interacts with syntaxin and regulates neurotransmitter release in a dosage-dependent manner

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-139

  Wu, Mark N ^a   Littleton, J Troy ^a   Bhat, Manzoor A ^a   Prokop, Andreas ^b,c   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurotransmitter release; ROP; Secretion; Synaptic transmission; Syntaxin

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNTAXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032472409     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.1.127     Document Type: Article

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