Cellular and molecular mechanisms of presynaptic assembly
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  1. Noam E. Ziv (first)
  2. Craig C. Garner (additional)
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@article{Ziv_2004, title={Cellular and molecular mechanisms of presynaptic assembly}, volume={5}, ISSN={1471-0048}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrn1370}, DOI={10.1038/nrn1370}, number={5}, journal={Nature Reviews Neuroscience}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Ziv, Noam E. and Garner, Craig C.}, year={2004}, month=may, pages={385–399} }