SNARE Protein Structure and Function

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2003, Pages 493-517

  Ungar, Daniel ^a   Hughson, Frederick M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular trafficking; Membrane fusion; Neurotransmitter release; Rab protein; SM protein

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344393030     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.19.110701.155609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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