Active zone protein CAST is a component of conventional and ribbon synapses in mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 495, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-496

  Deguchi Tawarada, Maki ^a   Inoue, Eiji ^a   Takao Kikitsu, Etsuko ^a   Inoue, Marie ^a   Kitajima, Isao ^b,c   Ohtsuka, Toshihisa ^a,b,c   Takai, Yoshimi ^d  

^a KAN Research Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bassoon; CAST; CAZ; ELKS; RIM

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; PROTEIN BASSOON; PROTEIN CAST; PROTEIN MUNC13 1; PROTEIN PICCOLO; PROTEIN RIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33644859495     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20893     Document Type: Article

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