A common molecular basis for membrane docking and functional priming of synaptic vesicles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Siksou, Léa ^a,b   Varoqueaux, Frédérique ^c   Pascual, Olivier ^a,b   Triller, Antoine ^a,b   Brose, Nils ^c   Marty, Serge ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron tomography; Exocytosis; High pressure freezing; Mouse; Munc13

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; PROTEIN MUNC 13 1; PROTEIN MUNC 13 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EMBEDDING; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE CULTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 67649871266     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06811.x     Document Type: Article

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