Four different subunits are essential for expressing the synaptic glutamate receptor at neuromuscular junctions of Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3209-3218

  Qin, Gang ^a   Schwarz, Tobias ^a   Kittel, Robert J ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Rasse, Tobias M ^a   Kappei, Dennis ^a   Ponimaskin, Evgeni ^b   Heckmann, Manfred ^c   Sigrist, Stephan J ^a  

^a EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Physiologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Glutamate receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotransmission; Subunit composition; Synapse

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2A; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2B; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2D; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2E; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INSECT GENETICS; MODEL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 16244410446     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4194-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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