Mechanics of membrane fusion

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 675-683

  Chernomordik, Leonid V ^a   Kozlov, Michael M ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 46449111441     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1455     Document Type: Review

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