Slob, a slowpoke channel-binding protein, modulates synaptic transmission

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-238

  Ma, Huifang ^a   Zhang, Jiaming ^a   Levitan, Irwin B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SLOB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79951628194     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010439     Document Type: Article

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