The primed SNARE-complexin-synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis

Nature

Volumn 548, Issue 7668, 2017, Pages 420-425

  Zhou, Qiangjun ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Wang, Austin L ^a   Wu, Dick ^a   Zhao, Minglei ^a,b   Südhof, Thomas C ^a   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; COMPLEXIN I; NERVE PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; VESICULAR TRANSPORT ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

EID: 85026399649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature23484     Document Type: Article

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