Super-resolution optical imaging of presynaptic terminals shows that a protein essential to all known forms of neurotransmitter release is clustered in small assemblies that likely correspond to release sites for synaptic vesicle fusion.
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Ryan, T.A. Munc13 marks the spot. Nat Neurosci 21, 5–6 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-017-0042-8
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