The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a presynaptic active zone. The presynaptic active zone is a specialized region of the plasma membrane and cell cortex of a presynaptic neuron; encompasses a region of the plasma membrane where synaptic vesicles dock and fuse, and a specialized cortical cytoskeletal matrix. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000079 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10769383 GOC:pr GOC:TermGenie ]
Synonyms: pre-synaptic active zone formation pre-synaptic active zone assembly presynaptic active zone formation
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pre-synaptic active zone component formation
pre-synaptic active zone component assembly