Roles of SNARE proteins and synaptotagmin I in synaptic transmission: Studies at the Drosophila neuromuscular synapse

NeuroSignals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-30

  Kidokoro, Yoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

SNAP 25; SNARE complex; Synaptic transmission; Synaptobrevin; Synaptotagmin; Syntaxin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; STX1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; SYNTAXIN 1; SYT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

CALCIUM BINDING; DROSOPHILA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LARVA; MICROELECTRODE; MUTANT; MUTATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECORDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNAPTOTAGMINS; SYNTAXIN 1; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037762749     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068912     Document Type: Review

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