Identifying critical components of native Ca2+-triggered membrane fusion: Integrating studies of proteins and lipids

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1152, Issue , 2009, Pages 121-134

  Furber, Kendra L ^a,b   Churchward, Matthew A ^a   Rogasevskaia, Tatiana P ^a   Coorssen, Jens R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cholesterol; Exocytosis; Microdomain; Negative curvature; Secretory vesicle; Sphingomyelin; Stalk pore; Thiol reactivity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; IODOACETAMIDE; SPHINGOMYELIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; SEA URCHIN; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 58549092796     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03993.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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