Regulation of transmitter release by Unc-13 and its homologues

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-311

  Brose, Nils ^a   Rosenmund, Christian ^b   Rettig, Jens ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DIACYLGLYCEROL; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHROMAFFIN CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0034082054     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00105-7     Document Type: Review

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