Intracellular membrane fusion: SNAREs only?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-452

  Mayer, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOLIPOSOME; REVIEW;

EID: 0033179852     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80064-7     Document Type: Article

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