Isolation and ultrastructural characterization of squid synaptic vesicles

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Pekkurnaz, Gulcin ^a,b,e   Fera, Andrea ^b,c   Zimmerberg Helms, Jessica ^a,b   Degiorgis, Joseph A ^b,c,d   Bezrukov, Ludmila ^a   Blank, Paul S ^a   Mazar, Julia ^a,b   Reese, Thomas S ^b,c   Zimmerberg, Joshua ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 79956351836     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n2p89     Document Type: Article

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