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Members of the synaptobrevin/vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) family in Drosophila are functionally interchangeable in vivo for neurotransmitter release and cell viability.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Oct 2002
Bhattacharya Sharmila, Stewart Bryan A, Niemeyer Barbara A, Burgess Robert W, McCabe Brian D, Lin Peter, Boulianne Gabrielle, O'Kane Cahir J, Schwarz Thomas L
Abstract excerpt
Synaptobrevins or VAMPs are vesicle-associated membrane proteins, often called v-SNARES, that are important for vesicle transport and fusion at the plasma membrane. Drosophila has two characterized members of this gene family: synaptobrevin (syb) and neuronal synaptobrevin (n-syb). Mutant phenotypes and gene-expression patterns indicate that n-Syb is exclusively neuronal and required only for synaptic vesicle...
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