Roles of cholesterol in vesicle fusion and motion

• Main Authors: Zhang, Jing, Xue, Renhao, Ong, Wei-Yi, Chen, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94314; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7527
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Although it is well established that exocytosis of neurotransmitters and hormones is highly regulated by numerous secretory proteins, such as SNARE proteins, there is an increasing appreciation of the importance of the chemophysical properties and organization of membrane lipids to various aspects o...