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synaptic vesicle docking
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The initial (indirect) attachment of a synaptic vesicle membrane to the presynaptic active zone membrane, mediated by proteins protruding from the membrane and proteins of the presynaptic active zone cytoplasmic component. Synaptic vesicle tethering is the first step in this process. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15217342 ]
Term info
Label
synaptic vesicle docking
Synonyms
- synaptic vesicle docking involved in exocytosis
Subsets
goslim_synapse
comment
Although this process can occur outside of synaptic transmission, by convention we treat it as a part of synaptic transmission (dos, pvn, fk synapse project 2015).
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
synaptic vesicle docking during exocytosis
id
GO:0016081