The F-Box Protein MEC-15 (FBXW9) Promotes Synaptic Transmission in GABAergic Motor Neurons in C. elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Yu ^a   Hu, Zhitao ^b   Goeb, Yannick ^a   Dreier, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; F BOX PROTEIN; F BOX PROTEIN MEC 15; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FBXW9 GENE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; F-BOX PROTEINS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84875058196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059132     Document Type: Article

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