Figure 5.

Molecular model of a synaptic vesicle constructed on the basis of space-filling models of all its constituent macromolecules at near atomic resolution. The cross-section is shown to illustrate the complex nature of the assembly both inside and outside the cell. The structures were determined by X-ray analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and single particle electron microscopy. Reprinted from Takamori et al (2006), with permission from Elsevier.