Isolation and characterization of mutants for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter gene in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-171

  Kitamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Xie, Xianjin ^b   Wu, Chun Fang ^b   Salvaterra, Paul M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic locus; Giant fiber pathway; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLES; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE FIBERS; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033970873     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000205)42:2<161::AID-NEU1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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