The molecular machinery of synaptic vesicle exocytosis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 942-960

  Li, L ^a   Chin, L S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Neurotransmitter release; Secretion; SNARE; Synaptic vesicle cycle; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0037672843     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2240-7     Document Type: Review

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