Protein-protein interactions and protein modules in the control of neurotransmitter release

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1381, 1999, Pages 243-257

  Benfenati, Fabio ^a   Onofri, Franco ^a   Giovedi, Silvia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Exocytosis; Presynaptic proteins; Protein interaction modules; SNAREs; Synaptic vesicle proteins

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033611709     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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