Neural transmission. Synaptotagmin is just a calcium sensor.

Curr Biol

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco 94143-0448, USA.

Published: March 1995

Ligand-binding studies have suggested many functions for the synaptic vesicle protein, synaptotagmin. But genetic elimination of the protein supports only one role: translating arriving Ca2+ signals into vesicle release.

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