An active tethering mechanism controls the fate of vesicles

Molecular tethers physically bridge transport vesicles to their target membranes as a prerequisite step for fusion. Here the authors control vesicle tethering using optogenetic approaches to study the interplay between vesicle tethering and fusion.

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Autores principales: Seong J. An, Felix Rivera-Molina, Alexander Anneken, Zhiqun Xi, Brian McNellis, Vladimir I. Polejaev, Derek Toomre
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/eb11223b68d84263b014790f817ad999
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Sumario:Molecular tethers physically bridge transport vesicles to their target membranes as a prerequisite step for fusion. Here the authors control vesicle tethering using optogenetic approaches to study the interplay between vesicle tethering and fusion.