Evidence for a radial snare super-complex mediating neurotransmitter release at the drosophila neuromuscular junction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3134-3140

  Megighian, Aram ^a   Zordan, Mauro ^a   Zanini, Damiano ^a   Pantano, Sergio ^b   Scorzeto, Michele ^a   Rigoni, Michela ^a,c   Rossetto, Ornella ^a,c   Montecucco, Cesare ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Neuroexocytosis; SNARE; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BOTULINUM TOXIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXOCYTOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NEUROEXOCYTOSIS; SNARE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ION CHANNELS; LARVA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

EID: 84880692956     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.123802     Document Type: Article

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