Membrane fusion triggers rapid degradation of two gamete-specific, fusion-essential proteins in a membrane block to polygamy in Chlamydomonas

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1473-1481

  Liu, Yanjie ^a   Misamore, Michael J ^b   Snell, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; FUS1; Gamete fusion; HAP2; Polygamy

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FUS1; PROTEIN HAP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77951245390     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.044743     Document Type: Article

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