In search of the fusion pore of exocytosis

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Jackson, Meyer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Membrane fusion; Neurosecretion; SNARE proteins; Synaptic transmission; Synaptotagmin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM BINDING; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE FUSION; POROSITY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846570027     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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