Disruption of actin impedes transmitter release in snake motor terminals

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 579-586

  Cole, John C ^a   Villa, Brian R S ^a   Wilkinson, Robert S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN A; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COLUBRIDAE; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; INCUBATION TIME; MUSCLE INNERVATION; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0034659515     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-2-00579.x     Document Type: Article

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