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Masaki Yamaga1, Thomas F J Martin1

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
|June 21, 2025
PubMed
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Keywords:
CAPS1/CADPSMunc13–1/ubMunc13–2PI(4,5)P(2)-binding effector proteinPhosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphateSNARE proteinSynaptotagmin-1Vesicle exocytosis

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