Architecture of the synaptotagmin-SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis

Nature

Volumn 525, Issue 7567, 2015, Pages 62-67

  Zhou, Qiangjun ^a   Lai, Ying ^a   Bacaj, Taulant ^a   Zhao, Minglei ^a   Lyubimov, Artem Y ^a   Uervirojnangkoorn, Monarin ^a   Zeldin, Oliver B ^a   Brewster, Aaron S ^b   Sauter, Nicholas K ^b   Cohen, Aina E ^c   Soltis, S Michael ^c   Alonso Mori, Roberto ^c   Chollet, Matthieu ^c   Lemke, Henrik T ^c   Pfuetzner, Richard A ^a   Choi, Ucheor B ^a   Weis, William I ^a   Diao, Jiajie ^a   Südhof, Thomas C ^a   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

BRAIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; LASER; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; NEUROLOGY; PROTEIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON; GENETICS; LASER; METABOLISM; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASERS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NEURONS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 84940928578     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14975     Document Type: Article

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