Lipid-protein interactions in exocytotic release of hormones and neurotransmitters

Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 747-761

  Rituper, Botjan ^a   Davletov, Bazbek ^b   Zorec, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Celica Biomedical Sciences Center   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

cholesterol; exocytosis; lipid protein interaction; SNAP receptor; sphingosine

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL; HORMONE; LIPID; MUNC 13 PROTEIN; MUNC 18 LIKE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN SEC1; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SPHINGOSINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VACUOLE; EUKARYOTE; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78149438672     PISSN: 17460875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/clp.10.61     Document Type: Review

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