Active Zone Localization of Presynaptic Calcium Channels Encoded by the cacophony Locus of Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 282-285

  Kawasaki, Fumiko ^a   Zou, Beiyan ^a   Xu, Xia ^a   Ordway, Richard W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Cacophony; Calcium channel; Drosophila; GFP; Synaptic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CACOPHONY GENE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0842301324     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3553-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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