How mitochondria fuse

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Meeusen, Shelly L ^a   Nunnari, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROTECTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONOPLAST;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 22044437261     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.06.014     Document Type: Review

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