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Physiology 19: 262-270, 2004; doi:10.1152/physiol.00014.2004
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Physiology, Vol. 19, No. 5, 262-270, October 2004
© 2004 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.

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The Architecture of the Active Zone in the Presynaptic Nerve Terminal

R. Grace Zhai and Hugo J. Bellen

Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Division of Neuroscience, Program In Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030

rzhai{at}bcm.tmc.edu

Active zones are highly specialized sites for release of neurotransmitter from presynaptic nerve terminals. The architecture of the active zone is exquisitely designed to facilitate the regulated tethering, docking, and fusing of the synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane. Here we present our view of the structural and molecular organization of active zones across species and propose that all active zones are organized according to a common principle in which the structural differences correlate with the kinetics of transmitter release.




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