Eukaryotic Cell-Cell Fusion Families

Current Topics in Membranes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2011, Pages 209-234

  Avinoam, Ori ^a   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aff 1; Arthropods; Auto fusion; C. elegans; Cell fusion; Cell to cell fusion; Chordates; Ctenophores; Dendrite fusion; Eff 1; Endogenous retroviruses; FF family; Genetic screens; Hemifusion; Membrane fusion; Nematodes; Protists; Self fusion; Syncytins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUSION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS;

EID: 79960412248     PISSN: 10635823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385891-7.00009-X     Document Type: Book

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