The synaptophysin/synaptobrevin interaction critically depends on the cholesterol content

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Mitter, Diana ^a   Reisinger, Clemens ^a   Hinz, Britta ^a   Hollmann, Susanne ^a   Yelamanchili, Sowmya V ^a   Treiber Held, Stephanie ^a   Ohm, Thomas G ^a   Herrmann, Andreas ^a   Ahnert Hilger, Gudrun ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Small synaptic vesicles; Synapse maturation; Synaptobrevin; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FILIPIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CHO CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; CRICETINAE; CYCLODEXTRINS; DETERGENTS; FILIPIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOVASTATIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; OCTOXYNOL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RATS; SOLUBILITY; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; HOMO;

EID: 0037265694     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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