Molecular organization of the presynaptic active zone

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-391

  Schoch, Susanne ^a   Gundelfinger, Eckart D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active zone; Cytomatrix; Multidomain proteins; Synapse

Indexed keywords

LIPRIN ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN BASSOON; PROTEIN MUNC13; PROTEIN PICCOLO; RAB3 INTERACTING MOLECULE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC ACTIVE ZONE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 33748940272     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0244-y     Document Type: Review

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