Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurones

As part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neurone to the next, tiny vesicles - bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange possible - travel to the tip of neurones (synapses), where they fuse with the cell's membrane (a process called exocytosis). The extra membrane is then captured in a process called endocytosis and recycled to form a new vesicle to enable the next cycle of release. Most important, exocytosis must be tightly coupled with endocytosis to sustain rapid neurotransmission, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in this week's issue of the journal Cell...

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