The Synaptic Vesicle Release Machinery

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 339-367

  Rizo, Josep ^a   Xu, Junjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexin; Membrane fusion; Munc13; Munc18; SNAREs; Synaptotagmin

Indexed keywords

MUNC18 PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNTAXIN 1; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXOCYTOSIS; MACHINE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 84937394649     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-060414-034057     Document Type: Article

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