The trans-SNARE-regulating function of Munc18-1 is essential to synaptic exocytosis

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shen, Chong ^a   Rathore, Shailendra S ^a   Yu, Haijia ^a   Gulbranson, Daniel R ^a   Hua, Rui ^b   Zhang, Chen ^b   Schoppa, Nathan E ^c   Shen, Jingshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUNC18 PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; STXBP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2, MOUSE;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC EXOCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MUNC18 PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84947225124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9852     Document Type: Article

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