New insights into mitochondrial fusion

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2168-2173

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Chan, David C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane fusion; Mitochondrial dynamics; Mitochondrial morphology

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RESPIRATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

APOPTOSIS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 34248194944     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.095     Document Type: Short Survey

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