A complexin fusion clamp regulates spontaneous neurotransmitter release and synaptic growth.

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Published in Nat Neurosci on September 16, 2007

Authors

Sarah Huntwork1, J Troy Littleton

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1: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Biology and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 46, Room 3243, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

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