The riddle of the Sec1/Munc-18 proteins - New twists added to their interactions with SNAREs

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Gallwitz, Dieter ^a   Jahn, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUNC18 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SEC 1; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0037334373     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00028-8     Document Type: Review

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