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. 2010 Mar 17;98(6):968–978. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.024

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Geometry of fusion pores lined by membrane spanning helices donated by SNARE proteins. (A) The fusion pore area plotted versus SNARE complex number. The horizontal dotted line indicates the size of the syt IV cell DCV kiss-and-run pore. The broken line indicates the size of the control cell DCV kiss-and-run pore. (B) Eight syntaxin transmembrane domains form a pore with an area close to the mean area calculated for control kiss-and-run fusion pores (left), and 10 syntaxin transmembrane domains form a pore with an area close to the mean area calculated for syt IV cell kiss-and-run fusion pores (right).