Regulation of N-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav2.2) and transmitter release by collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) in sensory neurons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4351-4362

  Chi, Xian Xuan ^a   Schmutzler, Brian S ^a   Brittain, Joel M ^a   Wang, Yuying ^a   Hingtgen, Cynthia M ^a   Nicol, Grant D ^a   Khanna, Rajesh ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1B Cav2.2; CGRP; CRMP 2; DRG; Presynaptic Ca2+ channels; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; COLLAPSIN RESPONSE MEDIATOR PROTEIN 2; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LYSATE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70849124120     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.053280     Document Type: Article

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