The role of carcinine in signaling at the Drosophila photoreceptor synapse

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2358-2367

  Gavin, Brendan A ^a   Arruda, Susan E ^b   Dolph, Patrick J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCININE; HISTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; THIOPERAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARNOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EBONY PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INEBRIATED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNOSINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENES, INSECT; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H3 ANTAGONISTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PIPERIDINES; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 37749009148     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030206     Document Type: Article

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