Effects of phosphorylation and neuronal activity on the control of synapse formation by synapsin I

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3643-3653

  Perlini, Laura E ^a,b   Botti, Francesca ^a   Fornasiero, Eugenio F ^a   Giannandrea, Maila ^a   Bonanomi, Dario ^a,e   Amendola, Mario ^a,c   Naldini, Luigi ^a,c   Benfenati, Fabio ^b,d   Valtorta, Flavia ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Camp dependent protein kinase (PKA); Hippocampal neuron; Lentiviral vector; Synaptic vesicle; Tetrodotoxin (TTX)

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SYNAPSIN I; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 81355161193     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.086223     Document Type: Article

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