Variation in Dube3a expression affects neurotransmission at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 776-782

  Valdez, Colleen ^a   Scroggs, Reese ^a   Chassen, Rachel ^a   Reiter, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transmission; Drosophila neuromuscular junction; Dube3a; Spontaneous transmission; Synaptic transmission; Ube3a

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN; UBE3A PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AXON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GENOTYPE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; LARVA; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UBIQUITINATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84979660363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148045     Document Type: Article

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