Comparative analysis of Drosophila and mammalian complexins as fusion clamps and facilitators of neurotransmitter release

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-397

  Cho, Richard W ^a   Song, Yun ^a   Littleton, J Troy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Neurotransmitter release; SNARE complex; Synapse; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXIN; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EXOCYTOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957936989     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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