Genetics of synaptic vesicle function: Toward the complete functional anatomy of an organelle

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 753-776

  Fernández Chacón, Rafael ^a   Südhof, Thomas C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Neurotransmitter release; Rab proteins; Synapse; Synaptotagmin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANELLES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0033029043     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.753     Document Type: Review

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