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Micropinocytotic Origin of Coated and Smooth Microvesicles (“Synaptic Vesicles”) in Neurosecretory Terminals of Posterior Pituitary Glands demonstrated by Incorporation of Horseradish Peroxidase

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ELECTRON microscopic evidence1–3 has led us to believe that smooth microvesicles (“synaptic vesicles”) within neurosecretory terminals of posterior pituitary glands arise from coated microvesicles formed by invagination and vesiculation of the cell surface following exocytosis (see preceding communication)3.

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    J. NAGASAWA, W. W. DOUGLAS & R. A. SCHULZ

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NAGASAWA, J., DOUGLAS, W. & SCHULZ, R. Micropinocytotic Origin of Coated and Smooth Microvesicles (“Synaptic Vesicles”) in Neurosecretory Terminals of Posterior Pituitary Glands demonstrated by Incorporation of Horseradish Peroxidase. Nature 232, 341–342 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232341a0

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