title: Dual-Function Exocytosis Regulator Has Yet Another Job.
abstract: A new study shows that synaptotagmins, known to regulate the fusion of neurotransmitter vesicles with synaptic membranes, are also needed for the prior tethering and priming of vesicles. Read the Research Article.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D050863:Synaptotagmin I / Q000378:metabolism*; D050857:Synaptotagmins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050863:Synaptotagmin I; D050857:Synaptotagmins