Squid photoreceptor terminals synthesize calexcitin, a learning related protein

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Eyman, Maria ^a   Crispino, Marianna ^a   Kaplan, Barry B ^b   Giuditta, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calexcitin; cp20; Learning; Nerve terminals; Photoreceptors; Presynaptic endings; Protein synthesis; Squid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CALEXCITIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLLUSC; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILITY; SQUID; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0038642500     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00593-7     Document Type: Article

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