A temperature-sensitive paralytic mutant defines a primary synaptic calcium channel in Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4885-4889

  Kawasaki, Fumiko ^a   Felling, Ryan ^a   Ordway, Richard W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacophony; Calcium channel; Drosophila; Neurotransmitter release; Synaptic transmission; Temperature sensitive

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0034235789     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-13-04885.2000     Document Type: Article

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