Self-assembly of SNARE fusion proteins into star-shaped oligomers

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Rickman, Colin ^a   Hu, Kuang ^a   Carroll, Joe ^b   Davletov, Bazbek ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane fusion; Soluble N ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE); Synapto brevin, synaptosome associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP 25); Syntaxin

Indexed keywords

NEURONS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASMA MEMBRANES; SYNAPTOSOME-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN OF 25 KDA);

CELL MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; OLIGOMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PROTEINS;

HYBRID PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOSOME;

POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 19544366737     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041818     Document Type: Article

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