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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2001 Oct;4(10):997–1005. doi: 10.1038/nn732

Table 2.

Summary of characterization of unc-10 synapses using electron microscopy.

Genotype Average number SVs/synapse Docked vesicles/synapse Length of active zone/synapse (nm) Average length of synapse (nm) SVs/mid-synaptic profile
N2 (n = 30) 104.8 ± 6.7a,b 2.8 ± 0.2 138 ± 11.2 334 ± 12.1c 25.2 ± 1.6a,d
unc-10(md1117) (n = 30) 51.5 ± 4.7a 3.1 ± 0.3 130 ± 8.2 274 ± 16.7c 14.2 ± 1.0a
unc-10(ox120) (n = 19) 62.6 ± 6.1b 3.0 ± 0.2 133 ± 12.6 278 ± 23.0c 16.8 ± 1.2d

Data represented as mean ± s.e.m. SVs, synaptic vesicles.

a

p < 0.000001,

b

p < 0.0001,

c

p < 0.05,

d

p< 0.001.