Mitofusin 2 tethers endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7222, 2008, Pages 605-610

  De Brito, Olga Martins ^a   Scorrano, Luca ^a,b  

^a VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATASE; MITOFUSIN 2;

CELL ORGANELLE; MITOCHONDRION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FIBROBLAST; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELL; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57349100367     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07534     Document Type: Article

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