Flowers for synaptic endocytosis.

Brose, Nils; Neher, Erwin · Cell · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles are tightly coordinated to maintain a steady supply of new vesicles during periods of extended neuronal stimulation. Yao et al. (2009) now report that a synaptic vesicle membrane protein named Flower promotes endocytosis at neuromuscular junctions in the fruit fly Drosophila.

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