Mechanics of membrane fusion/pore formation

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-128

  Fuhrmans, Marc ^a   Marelli, Giovanni ^a   Smirnova, Yuliya G ^a   Müller, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse grained models; Fusion; Pore formation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; LIPID BILAYER;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84921513823     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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