agranular vesicles

agranular vesicles
Synaptic vesicles that do not have a granular appearance in EM; 40-50nm in diameter, with membrane only 4-5nm thick. Characteristic of peripheral cholinergic synapses; (see also neurotransmitter). Some are located very close to presynaptic membrane.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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