Defhc1.1, a homologue of the juvenile myoclonic gene EFHC1, modulates architecture and basal activity of the neuromuscular junction in Drosophila

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4248-4257

  Rossetto, Maria Giovanna ^a   Zanarella, Erica ^a   Orso, Genny ^a   Scorzeto, Michele ^b   Megighian, Aram ^b   Kumar, Vimlesh ^c   Delgado escueta, Antonio V ^d,e   Daga, Andrea ^a,d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; VINBLASTINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEFHC1.1 GENE; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; EFHC1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MUTANT; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 80053999346     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr352     Document Type: Article

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