A molecular machine for neurotransmitter release: Synaptotagmin and beyond

Nature Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1227-1231

  Südhof, Thomas C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUSION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLE FUSION; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 84887006814     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3338     Document Type: Review

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