References
Useful Textbooks
Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th Edition)
Chapter 13 gives detailed description of the principals of intracellular vesicle trafficking with clear images. This book can be viewed online.
Neuroscience Exploring the Brain (3rd Edition)
For background on neuronal functioning, action potentials, and implications of neurotransmitter release. Chapter 5 contains information on SNAREs.
Further Reading
Sieber et al (2007)
Anatomy and dynamics of a supramolecular membrane protein cluster.
Science 317, 1072
Burgess TL & Kelly RB (1987)
Constitutive and regulated secretion of proteins.
Annu. Rev. Cell Biol. 3, 243-294.
Keller P & Simons K (1997)
Post-Golgi Biosynthetic trafficking.
J. Cell Sci. 110, 3001-3009.
Zhang W (2000)
Munc-18 associates with syntaxin and serves as a negative regulator of exocytosis in the pancreatic beta-cell.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (52), 41521-7
Klenchin VA & Martin TFJ (2000)
Priming in exocytosis: attaining fusion-competence after vesicle docking.
Biochimie 82, 399-407
Martin TFJ (1997)
Stages of regulated exocytosis.
Trends Cell Biol. 7, 271-276.
Sudhof TC (2004)
The synaptic vesicle cycle.
Annual Review of Neuroscience 27, 509-547.