Two distinct genes drive expression of seven tomosyn isoforms in the mammalian brain, sharing a conserved structure with a unique variable domain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 554-568

  Groffen, Alexander J A ^a   Jacobsen, Linda ^a   Schut, Désireé ^a   Verhage, Matthijs ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Large dense core vesicle exocytosis; Membrane fusion; Neurotransmitter release; SNARE mediated secretion; Tomosyn

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; TOMOSYN; TOMOSYN 1; TOMOSYN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 13244292391     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02890.x     Document Type: Article

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