The synapsins: Multitask modulators of neuronal development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-386

  Valtorta, Flavia ^a   Pozzi, Davide ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^b,c   Fornasiero, Eugenio F ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth cone; Nerve terminal; Protein phosphorylation; Synapse; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPSIN II; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

AUTISM; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

EID: 80052741599     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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