UNC-13L, UNC-13S, and Tomosyn form a protein code for fast and slow neurotransmitter release in Caenorhabditis elegans

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hu, Zhitao ^a   Tong, Xia Jing ^a   Kaplan, Joshua M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALMODULIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; TOMOSYN; UNC 13L PROTEIN; UNC 13S PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PHORBOL ESTER BINDING PROTEIN; TOM-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84881583312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00967     Document Type: Article

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