The evolutionarily conserved gene LNP-1 is required for synaptic vesicle trafficking and synaptic transmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 621-630

  Ghila, Luiza ^a   Gomez, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Localization; Neurotransmission; Synaptic vesicle; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; LEVAMISOLE; RAB PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LNP 1 GENE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAB3 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1;

EID: 39049160102     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06049.x     Document Type: Article

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