Functional roles of synapsin: Lessons from invertebrates

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Humeau, Yann ^a,b,c   Candiani, Simona ^d   Ghirardi, Mirella ^e,f   Poulain, Bernard ^c   Montarolo, Piergiorgo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b University of Bordeaux   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f National Institute of Neuroscience Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Phylogenetic; Short term synaptic plasticity; Synapsin; Synaptic models

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIN; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPSIN II;

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; CELL MATURATION; EXOCYTOSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052744495     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.07.018     Document Type: Review

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