Synaptic vesicle docking and fusion

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-328

  Bajjalieh, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0033153035     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80047-6     Document Type: Article

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