α-Latrotoxin stimulates a novel pathway of Ca2+-dependent synaptic exocytosis independent of the classical synaptic fusion machinery

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 8639-8648

  Deák, Ferenc ^a,b,f   Liu, Xinran ^a   Khvotchev, Mikhail ^a   Li, Gang ^c,d   Kavalali, Ege T ^a   Sugita, Shuzo ^c,d   Südhof, Thomas C ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; CALCIUM ION; CELL PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUSION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPIDER VENOMS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67650503006     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0898-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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