A new platform to study the molecular mechanisms of exocytosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 8838-8846

  Mezer, Aviv ^a   Nachliel, Esther ^a   Gutman, Menachem ^a   Ashery, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetic; Chromaffin cell; Exocytosis; Modeling; Secretion; Synaptic proteins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 5444228457     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2815-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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