Article
Neural transmission. Synaptotagmin is just a calcium sensor.
Current biology : CB - 1 Mar 1995
Kelly R B
Abstract excerpt
Ligand-binding studies have suggested many functions for the synaptic vesicle protein, synaptotagmin. But genetic elimination of the protein supports only one role: translating arriving Ca2+ signals into vesicle release.
Topics
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Calcium
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila
- Gene Deletion
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mutagenesis
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction
- Synaptotagmins