The architecture of active zone material at the frog's neuromuscular junction

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6819, 2001, Pages 479-484

  Harlow, Mark L ^a   Ress, David ^a   Stoschek, Arne ^a   Marshall, Robert M ^a   McMahan, Uel J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; FROG; MACROMOLECULE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGANELLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RUMEX;

EID: 0035945556     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35054000     Document Type: Article

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