Functional interaction of the active zone proteins Munc13-1 and RIM1 in synaptic vesicle priming

Neuron

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-196

  Betz, Andrea ^a   Thakur, Pratima ^b   Junge, Harald J ^a   Ashery, Uri ^b   Rhee, Jeong Seop ^b   Scheuss, Volker ^b   Rosenmund, Christian ^b   Rettig, Jens ^b,c   Brose, Nils ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NERVE PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EXOCYTOSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035030935     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00272-0     Document Type: Article

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