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Drosophila synaptotagmin I null mutants show severe alterations in vesicle populations but calcium-binding motif mutants do not.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 1 May 2006
Loewen Carin A, Royer Suzanne M, Reist Noreen E
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Synaptotagmin I is a synaptic vesicle protein postulated to mediate vesicle docking, vesicle recycling, and the Ca(2+) sensing required to trigger vesicle fusion. Analysis of synaptotagmin I knockouts (sytI(NULL) mutants) in both Drosophila and mice led to these hypotheses. Although much research on the mechanisms of synaptic transmission in Drosophila is performed at the third instar neuromuscular junction, the...
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