GABA is dispensable for the formation of junctional GABA receptor clusters in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2591-2599

  Gally, Christelle ^a   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Activity dependent mechanism; C. elegans; GABA receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Receptor clustering; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KINESIN; NEURONAL KINESIN; UNC 104; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL JUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR CLUSTERING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 0037388517     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02591.2003     Document Type: Article

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