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Synaptic Vesicle Membrane Traffic and the Cycle of Rab3

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GTPases in Biology I

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 108 / 1))

Abstract

Neurons are highly specialized cells which process and transmit information. Information is transferred between neurons via small molecules, the neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are stored in synaptic vesicles and are released by Ca2+-dependent exocytosis upon activation of the presynaptic cell (for reviews see Smith and Augustine 1988; De Camilli and Jahn 1990; Südhof and Jahn 1991).

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  1. G. Fischer von Mollard
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  1. Department of Medicine, Cell Biology and Experimental Therapeutics, Room 3C-385, Houston VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Burton F. Dickey M.D.

  2. Department of Cell Biology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Medicine and Neurosciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Lutz Birnbaumer Ph.D.

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von Mollard, G.F., Südhof, T.C., Jahn, R. (1993). Synaptic Vesicle Membrane Traffic and the Cycle of Rab3. In: Dickey, B.F., Birnbaumer, L. (eds) GTPases in Biology I. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 108 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78267-1_31

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