title: UNC-13 and neurotransmitter release.
abstract: Genetic studies in mice, worms and flies indicate that the synaptic protein UNC-13 plays a central role in the regulation of vesicle fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokumaru
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Augustine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; C083141:phorbol ester binding protein