Perturbation of the synaptic release machinery in hippocampal neurons by overexpression of SNAP-25 with the Semliki Forest virus vector

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1981-1987

  Owe Larsson, Björn ^a   Berglund, Magnus M ^b   Kristensson, Krister ^a   Garoff, Henrik ^a   Larhammar, Dan ^b   Brodin, Lennart ^a   Löw, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autapse; Exocytosis; Neurotransmitter; Palmitoylation; Rat; SNARE

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; GENETIC VECTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

EID: 0032969762     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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