Membrane fusion: The process and its energy suppliers

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1478-1490

  Basanez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV 1 gp41; Influenza hemagglutinin; Lipid polymorphism; Membrane curvature; Membrane fusion; Viral fusion peptide; Viral glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HEMAGGLUTININ; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0036710546     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-002-8523-6     Document Type: Review

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