Munc18-1 redistributes in nerve terminals in an activity- and PKC-dependent manner

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 759-775

  Cijsouw, Tony ^a   Weber, Jens P ^a   Broeke, Jurjen H ^a   Broek, Jantine A C ^a   Schut, Desiree ^a   Kroon, Tim ^a   Saarloos, Ingrid ^a   Verhage, Matthijs ^a   Toonen, Ruud F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUNC18 1 PROTEIN; MUNC18 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SYNTAXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE LOCUS; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MUNC18 PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSES; SYNTAXIN 1;

EID: 84895759534     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201308026     Document Type: Article

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