Mitofusins and the mitochondrial permeability transition: The potential downside of mitochondrial fusion

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-255

  Papanicolaou, Kyriakos N ^a   Phillippo, Matthew M ^a   Walsh, Kenneth ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Cell death; Dynamin related proteins; Hemifusion; Membrane permeability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOFUSIN 1; MITOFUSIN 2; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL FUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84864547810     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00185.2012     Document Type: Article

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