Functional redundancy of FMRFamide-related peptides at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7138-7151

  Hewes, Randall S ^a   Snowdeal III, Eric C ^a   Saitoe, Minoru ^b   Taghert, Paul H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; FMRFamide; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction; Neuropeptide; NMJ; Peptide hormone; Propeptide; Synapse

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032530674     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07138.1998     Document Type: Article

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