Membrane fusion

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 488-495

  Jahn, Reinhard ^a   Grubmüller, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID; PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ATOM; EUKARYOTE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICS; SNARE PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0036702301     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00356-3     Document Type: Review

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