The Pathway to Membrane Fusion through Hemifusion**Jörg Nikolaus and Jason M. Warner have contributed equally to this chapter

Current Topics in Membranes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-32

  Nikolaus, Jörg ^a   Warner, Jason M ^b   O'Shaughnessy, Ben ^b   Herrmann, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Divalent cations; Hemifusion diaphragm; Lipid bilayer fusion; Membrane tension; Transmembrane peptide

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960389498     PISSN: 10635823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385891-7.00001-5     Document Type: Book

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