Presynaptic [Ca2+] and GCAPs: Aspects on the structure and function of photoreceptor ribbon synapses

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Schmitz, Frank ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GCAP2; Photoreceptor; Ribbon synapse; RIBEYE; Synaptic ribbon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GUANYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 84893605356     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00003     Document Type: Review

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