Molecular determinants of presynaptic active zones

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-327

  Garner, Craig C ^a   Kindler, Stefan ^b   Gundelfinger, Eckart D ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SYNDECAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0034042637     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00093-3     Document Type: Review

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