Synaptic vesicles: an organelle comes of age.
Synaptic vesicles mediate the release of neurotransmitters at nerve terminals. In this issue of Cell, Takamori et al. (2006) analyze the lipid and protein components of synaptic vesicles, providing the most comprehensive description of synaptic vesicles to date.
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Thomas C
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Center for Basic Neuroscience, Department of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. thomas.sudhof@utsouthwestern.edu
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