Fife organizes synaptic vesicles and calcium channels for high-probability neurotransmitter release

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 231-246

  Bruckner, Joseph J ^a   Zhan, Hong ^a   Gratz, Scott J ^a   Rao, Monica ^a   Ukken, Fiona ^a   Zilberg, Gregory ^a   O'Connor Giles, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FIFE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RAB3 INTERACTING MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FIFE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RAB PROTEIN; RIM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; PHENOTYPE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAB3 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 85008683526     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201601098     Document Type: Article

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