A single vesicle-vesicle fusion assay for in vitro studies of snares and accessory proteins

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-934

  Diao, Jiajie ^a   Ishitsuka, Yuji ^a   Lee, Hanki ^b   Joo, Chirlmin ^c   Su, Zengliu ^d   Syed, Salman ^a   Shin, Yeon Kyun ^d,e   Yoon, Tae Young ^b   Ha, Taekjip ^a  

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

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

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEURONS; SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 84871527218     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.020     Document Type: Article

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