Affiliation:
1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and CellularPhysiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Abstract
Secretion of neurotransmitter is the primary means of intercellular communication within the nervous system. This process is regulated by a highly orchestrated cycle of membrane trafficking within the presynaptic nerve terminal. Characterization of proteins localized to the synaptic vesicle and the subsequent studies of their properties have led to a model for the biochemical pathway that underlies vesicle docking, activation, and fusion. The proteins found to function in the synapse are related to those in yeast and other organisms, demonstrating that the mechanisms that mediate vesicle trafficking are conserved in all eukaryotic species.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Molecular Biology,Physiology,General Medicine
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251 articles.
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