Close is not enough: SNARE-dependent membrane fusion requires an active mechanism that transduces force to membrane anchors

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-117

  McNew, James A ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Parlati, Francesco ^a   Johnston, Robert J ^a   Melia, Thomas J ^a   Söllner, Thomas H ^a   Rothman, James E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoprene; Lipid anchor; Lipid mixing; Liposome; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COVALENT BOND; CYTOPLASM; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1; TERPENES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034631955     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.1.105     Document Type: Article

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