Mutational analysis of action of mitochondrial fusion factor mitofusin-2

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3153-3161

  Honda, Shinji ^a   Aihara, Takeshi ^a   Hontani, Masayasu ^a   Okubo, Katsuhiko ^a   Hirose, Shigehisa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Mitochondrial morphology; Mitofusin

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOFUSIN 2; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COS CELLS; GENE DELETION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 23844545553     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02449     Document Type: Article

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