Structure suggests function: the case for synaptic ribbons as exocytotic nanomachines

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Bioessays

• Publication date

  2001-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Physics

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  DOI 10.1002/bies.1118PMID 11536295
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