Hierarchical assembly of presynaptic components in defined C. elegans synapses

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1488-1498

  Patel, Maulik R ^a   Lehrman, Emily K ^a   Poon, Vivian Y ^a   Crump, Justin G ^b   Zhen, Mei ^c   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^d   Shen, Kang ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYD 1; PROTEIN SYD 2; PROTEIN SYG 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 33845273849     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1806     Document Type: Article

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