Single-molecule FRET study of SNARE-mediated membrane fusion

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-463

  Diao, Jiajie ^a,d   Ishitsuka, Yuji ^a,b   Bae, Woo Ri ^c  

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

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

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Membrane fusion; Single molecule; Soluble N ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE)

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNTAXIN 1A;

ASSAY; BLEACHING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MIXING ASSAY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; STOICHIOMETRY;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SNARE PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84155176609     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20110011     Document Type: Review

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