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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
At the frog neuromuscular junction, neurotransmitter release sites are regularly spaced at 1 micron intervals along the nerve terminal, directly facing postsynaptic folds which contain a high density of acetylcholine receptors. Immunostaining and laser confocal scanning microscopy were used to compare the distribution of presynaptic proteins implicated in exocytosis with that of fluorescent alpha-bungarotoxin. Syntaxin, synaptosome-associated 25 kDa protein and calcium channels were located predominantly at release sites. Synaptobrevin (vesicle-associated membrane protein) was distributed in the cytoplasm of the nerve terminal, presumably in the packets of microvesicles associated with each active zone. N-Ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment proteins (alpha beta SNAP) displayed a diffuse distribution throughout the terminal cytoplasm and also colocalized in distinct concentrated zones adjacent to the presynaptic membrane.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0953-816X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
545-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution of components of the SNARE complex in relation to transmitter release sites at the frog neuromuscular junction.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U374, Institut Jean Roche, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't