Three v-SNAREs and two t-SNAREs, present in a pentameric cis-SNARE complex on isolated vacuoles, are essential for homotypic fusion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1435-1442

  Ungermann, Christian ^a,e   Fischer Von Mollard, Gabriele ^b   Jensen, Ole N ^c   Margolis, Nathan ^a   Stevens, Tom H ^d   Wickner, William ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

SNAP; Membrane fusion; NSF; SNAREs; Yeast vacuoles

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VACUOLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

ALLELES; ANTIBODIES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; N-ETHYLMALEIMIDE-SENSITIVE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; QB-SNARE PROTEINS; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; SOLUBLE N-ETHYLMALEIMIDE-SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TEMPERATURE; VACUOLES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0344052673     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.7.1435     Document Type: Article

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