Bruchpilot and synaptotagmin collaborate to drive rapid glutamate release and active zone differentiation

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Paul, Mila M ^a   Pauli, Martin ^a   Ehmann, Nadine ^a   Hallermann, Stefan ^b   Sauer, Markus ^a   Kittel, Robert J ^a   Heckmann, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active zone; Bruchpilot; dSTORM; Neurotransmitter release; Presynaptic differentiation; Synaptic delay; Synaptotagmin

Indexed keywords

BRUCHPILOT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LARVA; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84923221448     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00029     Document Type: Article

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