Transition from hemifusion to pore opening is rate limiting for vacuole membrane fusion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 981-990

  Reese, Christoph ^a   Mayer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HYBRID PROTEIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; RAB PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PORE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SNARE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VACUOLES;

EID: 29144520288     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200510018     Document Type: Article

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