Adhesion energy can regulate vesicle fusion and stabilize partially fused states

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 72, 2012, Pages 1555-1567

  Long, Rong ^a   Hui, Chung Yuen ^a   Jagota, Anand ^b   Bykhovskaia, Maria ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Compression; Docking; Membrane curvature; SNARE complex; Synaptic membrane; Tension

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPACTION; DOCKING; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADHESION ENERGY; ADHESION FORCES; FUSION PROCESS; MEMBRANE CURVATURE; MEMBRANE STRESS; META-STABLE STATE; MOLECULAR ADHESION; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; MOLECULAR MACHINERY; NERVE TERMINALS; SNARE COMPLEX; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLE; TENSION; VESICLE FUSION; VESICLE SIZE;

ADHESION;

SNARE PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DOCKING; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 84863579322     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0827     Document Type: Review

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