Moment of fusion (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Moment of fusion

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The image taken at the CFcryo-EM (Core Facility for cryo-Electron Microscopy) captures the moment during which a vesicle (arrow) fuses with the cell membrane. By superimposing several electron microscopy images – a process known as electron tomography – it is possible to see how many vesicles are waiting at the end of a nerve cell to release their biochemical messengers into the synaptic cleft. This space between two nerve cells can be seen as a double line in the image.

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Jana Kroll, Charité / Max Delbrück Center

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