Invertebrate synapsins: A single gene codes for several isoforms in Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3154-3165

  Klagges, Bert R E ^a   Heimbeck, Gertrud ^a,b   Godenschwege, Tanja A ^a   Hofbauer, Alois ^a,c   Pflugfelder, Gert O ^a   Reifegerste, Rita ^a,d   Reisch, Dietmar ^a   Schaupp, Michael ^a   Buchner, Sigrid ^a   Buchner, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C domain; Drosophila; evolution; invertebrates; synapse; synapsin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SYNAPSIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 9244254745     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03154.1996     Document Type: Article

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