Membrane fusion

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-533

  Jahn, Reinhard ^a   Lang, Thorsten ^a   Südhof, Thomas C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CELL FUSION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037459076     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00112-0     Document Type: Review

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