Single-molecule studies of the neuronal SNARE fusion machinery

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2009, Pages 903-928

  Brunger, Axel T ^a   Weninger, Keith ^b   Bowen, Mark ^c   Chu, Steven ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

FRET; Membrane fusion; Neurotransmission; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COMPLEXIN; LIPOSOME; MUNC13 PROTEIN; MUNC18 PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEX FORMATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE METHODOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEURONS; SNARE PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 67650759736     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.77.070306.103621     Document Type: Review

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