Mitofusin 1 and 2 play distinct roles in mitochondrial fusion reactions via GTPase activity

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6535-6546

  Ishihara, Naotada ^a   Eura, Yuka ^a   Mihara, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fzo1; GTPase; Membrane fusion; Mitochondria; Mitofusins

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOFUSIN 1; MITOFUSIN 2; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 13444287961     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01565     Document Type: Article

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