The biophysics of membrane fusion

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-289

  Collins, R N ^a   Holz, R W ^b   Zimmerberg, J ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Dynamin; Endocytosis; Exocytosis; Fission; Fusion; Hemifission; Hemifusion; Lipid; PIP2; SNARE; Synaptotagmin; Viral entry; Viral envelope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868104435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00523-3     Document Type: Chapter

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