A single-vesicle content mixing assay for SNARE-mediated membrane fusion

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Diao, Jiajie ^a   Su, Zengliu ^b   Ishitsuka, Yuji ^a,c   Lu, Bin ^b   Lee, Kyung Suk ^a   Lai, Ying ^b   Shin, Yeon Kyun ^b   Ha, Taekjip ^a,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEOLIPOSOME; BIOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 78650137964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1054     Document Type: Article

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