Regulated exocytosis in neurons and neurosecretory cells: structural events and expression competence

This paper summarizes the contribution of the laboratory first in the development of the 'kiss-and-run model' of exocytosis, with its fascinating aspects of specificity and rapidity, then in proposing the existence of 'competence factors' that appear to govern the appearance of the secretory vesicles and exocytic process in neurosecretory cells.