Short-chain alcohols promote an early stage of membrane hemifusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2035-2045

  Chanturiya, Alexandr ^a   Leikina, Eugenia ^a   Zimmerberg, Joshua ^a   Chernomordik, Leonid V ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CELL FUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

EID: 0032846564     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77044-X     Document Type: Article

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