Recent results have provided graphic support for the hypothesis that vesicle secretion involves a 'kiss-and-run' mechanism. Evanescent field microscopy has shown that, during exocytosis, intravesicular markers escape without collapse of the vesicular membrane into the surface membrane and that the empty vesicle is immediately retrieved back into the cell.
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