Molecular mechanism of mitochondrial membrane fusion

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1763, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 482-489

  Griffin, Erik E ^a   Detmer, Scott A ^a   Chan, David C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GTPase; Membrane fusion; Mitochondrial dynamics; Mitochondrial fusion; Organelles

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; DYNAMIN; ERGOSTEROL; FUZZY ONION; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOFUSIN; MITOFUSIN 1; MITOFUSIN 2; PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPA1; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONOPLAST; VIRUS ENVELOPE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ERGOSTEROL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; SNARE PROTEINS; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745758647     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.02.003     Document Type: Review

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