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. 2008 Jul 16;3(7):e2694. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002694

Table 2. Fusion of resident and newcomer vesicles in control and tomosyn overexpressing cells.

Control Tomosyn
(n = 9 cells) (n = 16 cells)
All Vesicles % Fusion 35.6±6% 18.3±2.5%
Rate constant 42 s 68 s
Resident Vesicles % Residents at stimulus onset 71±4.1% 60.8±4.3%
% of Residents that fused 28.6±3.2% 9.1±2.8% *
Rate constant 33.3 s 20.3 s
Newcomer Vesicles Arrival rate of Newcomers (Ves µm−2 s−1) 3.4·10−3±7.6·10−4 5.9·10−3±1.9·10−3
% of Newcomers that fused 4.2±1.1% 3.6±0.6%
Rate constant 65.5 s 177.8 s
*

p<0.005 student's t-test.

Estimated time constant.