Bassoon

A large multi-domain protein of the presynaptic active zone

References SySy basson antibodies

Sun Y & Bamji SX (2011). β-Pix Modulates Actin-Mediated Recruitment of Synaptic Vesicles to Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 17123-33. rabbit and guinea pig antibody; ICC

Fassio A, Patry L, Congia S, Onofri F, Piton A, Gauthier J, Pozzi D, Messa M, Defranchi E, Fadda M, Corradi A, Baldelli P, Lapointe L, St-Onge J, Meloche C, Mottron L, Valtorta F, Khoa Nguyen D, Rouleau GA, Benfenati F & Cossette P (2011). SYN1 loss-of-function mutations in autism and partial epilepsy cause impaired synaptic function. Human Molecular Genetics 20: 2297-307. rabbit antibody; ICC

Hagiwara A, Harada K, Hida Y, Kitajima I& Ohtsuka T (2011). Distribution of serine/threonine kinase SAD-B in mouse peripheral nerve synapse. Neuroreport 22: 319-25. rabbit antibody; WB

Citri A, Bhattacharyya S, Ma C, Morishita W, Fang S, Rizo J & Malenka RC (2010). Calcium binding to PICK1 is essential for the intracellular retention of AMPA receptors underlying long-term depression. Journal of Neuroscience 30: 16437-52. rabbit antibody; ICC

Peng YR, Zeng SY, Song HL, Li MY, Yamada MK & Yu X (2010). Postsynaptic spiking homeostatically induces cell-autonomous regulation of inhibitory inputs via retrograde signaling. Journal of Neuroscience 30: 16220-31. guinea pig antibody; ICC

Dani A, Huang B, Bergan J, Dulac C & Zhuang X (2010). Superresolution imaging of chemical synapses in the brain. Neuron 68: 843-56. rabbit antibody; IHC

Micheva KD, Busse B, Weiler NC, O'Rourke N & Smith SJ (2010). Single-synapse analysis of a diverse synapse population: proteomic imaging methods and markers. Neuron 68: 639-53. rabbit antibody; IHC

Jiang X, Litkowski PE, Taylor AA, Lin Y, Snider BJ & Moulder KL (2010). A role for the ubiquitin-proteasome system in activity-dependent presynaptic silencing. Journal of Neuroscience 30: 1798-1809. rabbit antibody; ICC

Spiwoks-Becker I, Maus C, tom Dieck S, Fejtová A, Engel L, Wolloscheck T, Wolfrum U, Vollrath L & Spessert R (2008). Active zone proteins are dynamically associated with synaptic ribbons in rat pinealocytes. Cell and Tissue Research 333: 185-95. rabbit antibody; IHC

Samuels BA, Hsueh YP, Shu T, Liang H, Tseng HC, Hong CJ, Su SC, Volker J, Neve RL, Yue DT & Tsai LH (2007). Cdk5 promotes synaptogenesis by regulating the subcellular distribution of the MAGUK family member CASK. Neuron 56: 823-37.

Juranek J, Mukherjee K, Rickmann M, Martens H, Calka J, Sudhof TC & Jahn R (2006). Differential expression of active zone proteins in neuromuscular junctions suggests functional diversification. European Journal of Neuroscience 24: 3043-52. IHC

Morgans CW, Baylay PR, Oesch NW, Ren GY, Akileswaran L & Taylor R (2005). Photoreceptor calcium channels: Insight from night blindness. Visual Neuroscience 22: 561-68. IHC

General references basson

Dresbach T, Hempelmann A, Spilker C, tom Dieck S, Altrock WD, Zuschratter W, Garner CC & Gundelfinger ED (2003). Functional regions of the presynaptic cytomatrix protein bassoon: significance for synaptic targeting and cytomatrix anchoring. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences 23: 279-91.

Shapira M, Zhai RG, Dresbach T, Bresler T, Torres VI, Gundelfinger ED, Ziv NE & Garner CC (2003). Unitary assembly of presynaptic active zones from Piccolo-Bassoon transport vesicles. Neuron 38: 237-52.

Altrock WD, tom Dieck S, Sokolov M, Meyer AC, Sigler A, Brakebusch C, Fassler R, Richter K, Boeckers TM, Potschka H, Brandt C, Loscher W, Grimberg D, Dresbach T, Hempelmann A, Hassan H, Balschun D, Frey JU, Brandstatter JH, Garner CC, Rosenmund C & Gundelfinger ED (2003). Functional inactivation of a fraction of excitatory synapses in mice deficient for the active zone protein bassoon. Neuron 37: 787-800.

Dick O, tom Dieck S, Altrock WD, Ammermuller J, Weiler R, Garner CC, Gundelfinger ED & Brandstatter JH (2003). The presynaptic active zone protein bassoon is essential for photoreceptor ribbon synapse formation in the retina. Neuron 37: 775-86.

Dick O, Hack I, Altrock WD, Garner CC, Gundelfinger ED & Brandstatter JH (2001). Localization of the presynaptic cytomatrix protein Piccolo at ribbon and conventional synapses in the rat retina: comparison with Bassoon. Journal of Comparative Neurology 439: 224-34.

Sanmarti-Vila L, tom Dieck S, Richter K, Altrock W, Zhang L, Volknandt W, Zimmermann H, Garner CC, Gundelfinger ED & Dresbach T (2000). Membrane association of presynaptic cytomatrix protein bassoon. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 275: 43-6.

tom Dieck S, Sanmarti-Vila L, Langnaese K, Richter K, Kindler S, Soyke A, Wex H, Smalla KH, Kampf U, Franzer JT, Stumm M, Garner CC & Gundelfinger ED (1998). Bassoon, a novel zinc-finger CAG/glutamine-repeat protein selectively localized at the active zone of presynaptic nerve terminals. Journal of Cell Biology 142: 499-509.