Mitofusin-1 protein is a generally expressed mediator of mitochondrial fusion in mammalian cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2763-2774

  Santetl, Ansgar ^a,e   Frank, Stephan ^b,d   Gaume, Brigitte ^b   Herrler, Michael ^c   Youle, Richard J ^b   Fuller, Margaret T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c BD BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Atugen AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fission; Fusion; Fzo; GTPase; Human; Mitochondria; mtDNA; Organelle

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MFN1; PROTEIN MFN2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL CELL; MEDIATOR; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038783254     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00479     Document Type: Article

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