Mitochondrial fusion in human cells is efficient, requires the inner membrane potential, and is mediated by mitofusins

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4343-4354

  Legros, Frédéric ^a   Lombès, Anne ^a   Frachon, Paule ^a   Rojo, Manuel ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNAMIN; DYNAMIN RELATED PROTEIN 1; MITOFUSIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MFN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPOLARIZATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DOMINANT GENE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TIME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, DOMINANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0036906665     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-06-0330     Document Type: Article

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