Nature Neuroscience
2, 104 - 106 (1999)
doi:10.1038/5659
Coupling calcium to SNARE−mediated synaptic vesicle fusionSabine Hilfiker1, Paul Greengard1
& George J. Augustine21
Sabine Hilfiker and Paul Greengard are at Rockefeller
University, 1230 York Avenue, New York,
New York 10021, USA. 2
George Augustine is at the Department of Neurobiology,
Duke Medical Center, Box 3209, Durham,
North Carolina 27710, USA.
georgea@neuro.duke.edu
Calcium triggers vesicle fusion, but the molecular mechanism is largely
unknown. Now Ilardi and colleagues identify Snapin, a protein that may provide
the missing link.
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