SVOP, an Evolutionarily Conserved Synaptic Vesicle Protein, Suggests Novel Transport Functions of Synaptic Vesicles

This work was supported by fellowships from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft to R.J. and by National Institutes of Health Grant MH52804. We thank Drs. S. Butz, R. Jahn, J. Albanesi, S. Bajjalieh, R. Scheller, M. Missler, and M. Caron for experimental reagents, advice, and helpful discussions.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Room Y5.322, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas TX 75235.