A presynaptic role for FMRP during protein synthesis-dependent long-term plasticity in Aplysia

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Till, Sally M ^a,b   Li, Hsiu Ling ^a   Miniaci, Maria Concetta ^a,c   Kandel, Eric R ^a   Choi, Yun Beom ^a  

^a Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIKARYON; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FMRFAMIDE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 78650987058     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1958811     Document Type: Article

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