The Anaphase-Promoting Complex (APC) ubiquitin ligase regulates GABA transmission at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-75

  Kowalski, Jennifer R ^a   Dube, Hitesh ^a   Touroutine, Denis ^b   Rush, Kristen M ^a   Goodwin, Patricia R ^c   Carozza, Marc ^a   Didier, Zachary ^a   Francis, Michael M ^b   Juo, Peter ^c  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphase Promoting Complex; GABA; NMJ; Synapse; Ubiquitin ligase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX; PROTEIN; SYD 2 PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX; GABA; NMJ; SYNAPSE; UBIQUITIN LIGASE;

ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX-CYCLOSOME; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84890866074     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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