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Genetic and molecular analysis of the synaptotagmin family.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Mar 2001
Adolfsen B, Littleton J T
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Secretion is a fundamental cellular process used by all eukaryotes to insert proteins into the plasma membrane and transport signaling molecules and intravesicular proteins into the extracellular space. Secretion requires the fusion of two phospholipid bilayers within the cell, an energetically unfavorable process. A conserved repertoire of vesicle-trafficking proteins has evolved that function to overcome this...
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