Molecular mechanism and physiological functions of clathrin-mediated endocytosis

HT McMahon, E Boucrot - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is the endocytic portal into cells through which cargo is
packaged into vesicles with the aid of a clathrin coat. It is fundamental to neurotransmission …

Sensory processing at ribbon synapses in the retina and the cochlea

T Moser, CP Grabner, F Schmitz - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
In recent years, sensory neuroscientists have made major efforts to dissect the structure and
function of ribbon synapses which process sensory information in the eye and ear. This …

A protein assembly-disassembly pathway in vitro that may correspond to sequential steps of synaptic vesicle docking, activation, and fusion

T Söllner, MK Bennett, SW Whiteheart, RH Scheller… - Cell, 1993 - cell.com
The SNARE hypothesis holds that a transport vesicle chooses its target for fusion when a
soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP) receptor on the vesicle (V-SNARE) pairs with its …

Synaptotagmin I: a major Ca2+ sensor for transmitter release at a central synapse

M Geppert, Y Goda, RE Hammer, C Li, TW Rosahl… - Cell, 1994 - cell.com
Mice carrying a mutation in the synaptotagmin I gene were generated by homologous
recombination. Mutant mice are phenotypically normal as heterozygotes, but die within 48 …

Caged compounds: photorelease technology for control of cellular chemistry and physiology

GCR Ellis-Davies - Nature methods, 2007 - nature.com
Caged compounds are light-sensitive probes that functionally encapsulate biomolecules in
an inactive form. Irradiation liberates the trapped molecule, permitting targeted perturbation …

Mechanisms of intracellular protein transport

JE Rothman - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
Recent advances have uncovered the general protein apparatus used by all eukaryotes for
intracellular transport, including secretion and endocytosis, and for triggered exocytosis of …

Vesicle pools and Ca2+ microdomains: new tools for understanding their roles in neurotransmitter release

E Neher - Neuron, 1998 - cell.com
Synapse,” intended to contrast our grasp of presynaptic Angleson and Betz (1997) quite
recently reviewed in physiology with our understanding of postsynaptic detail techniques for …

Secretory granule exocytosis

RD Burgoyne, A Morgan - Physiological reviews, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Regulated exocytosis of secretory granules or dense-core granules has been examined in
many well-characterized cell types including neurons, neuroendocrine, endocrine, exocrine …

Lysosomes Behave as Ca2+-regulated Exocytic Vesicles in Fibroblasts and Epithelial Cells

A Rodríguez, P Webster, J Ortego… - The Journal of cell …, 1997 - rupress.org
Lysosomes are considered to be a terminal degradative compartment of the endocytic
pathway, into which transport is mostly unidirectional. However, specialized secretory …

Selective Induction of LTP and LTD by Postsynaptic [Ca2+]i Elevation

SN Yang, YG Tang, RS Zucker - Journal of …, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
Selective Induction of LTP and LTD by Postsynaptic [Ca2+] i Elevation. Long-term
potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), two prominent forms of synaptic …