A novel cell-free mitochondrial fusion assay amenable for high-throughput screenings of fusion modulators

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schauss, Astrid C ^a,b   Huang, Huiyan ^c   Choi, Seok Yong ^d   Xu, Liqun ^a   Soubeyrand, Sébastien ^a   Bilodeau, Patricia ^a   Zunino, Rodolfo ^a   Rippstein, Peter ^a   Frohman, Michael A ^c   McBride, Heidi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 77955099425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-100     Document Type: Article

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