Silencing neurotransmission with membrane-tethered toxins

Nature Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Auer, Sebastian ^a   Stürzebecher, Annika S ^a   Jüttner, René ^a   Santos Torres, Julio ^a   Hanack, Christina ^a   Frahm, Silke ^a   Liehl, Beate ^b   Ibãez Tallon, Inés ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC PAIN; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77649272906     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1425     Document Type: Article

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