Article
Synaptotagmin I: a major Ca2+ sensor for transmitter release at a central synapse.
Cell - 18 Nov 1994
Geppert M, Goda Y, Hammer R E, Li C, Rosahl T W, Stevens C F, Südhof T C
Abstract excerpt
Mice carrying a mutation in the synaptotagmin I gene were generated by homologous recombination. Mutant mice are phenotypically normal as heterozygotes, but die within 48 hr after birth as homozygotes. Studies of hippocampal neurons cultured from homozygous mutant mice reveal that synaptic transm...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Base Sequence
- Brain
- Calcium
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- DNA Primers
- Exons
- Hippocampus
- Homozygote
- Hypertonic Solutions
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Mice
