Structural features of fusogenic model transmembrane domains that differentially regulate inner and outer leaflet mixing in membrane fusion

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Langosch, Dieter ^d   Poschner, Bernhard C ^a,c   Fischer, Konrad ^c   Herrmann, Jana R ^c   Hofmann, Mathias W ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acylation; Dynamics; LV peptide; Membrane fusion; Transmembrane helix

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE LEAFLET; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 72049094534     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687680903362044     Document Type: Article

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