Identification of genes involved in synaptogenesis using a fluorescent active zone marker in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3833-3841

  Yeh, Edward ^a   Kawano, Taizo ^a   Weimer, Robby M ^c,d   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^c   Zhen, Mei ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Genetic screen; GFP; Immunoelectron microscopy; SYD 2; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 17644416105     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4978-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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