The Chlamydomonas Fus1 protein is present on the mating type plus fusion organelle and required for a critical membrane adhesion event during fusion with minus gametes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2530-2542

  Misamore, Michael J ^a   Gupta, Surabhi ^a   Snell, William J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUS1 PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTIMIN; INVASIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FERTILIZATION; FUS1 GENE; GAMETE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038508866     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-12-0790     Document Type: Article

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