Null mutation in shaking-B eliminates electrical, but not chemical, synapses in the Drosophila giant fiber system: A structural study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-458

  Blagburn, Jonathan M ^a,c   Alexopoulos, Haralambos ^b   Davies, Jane A ^b   Bacon, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Innexin; Neuron; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPHAPSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033593929     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990222)404:4<449::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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