The cytoplasmic domain of the gamete membrane fusion protein HAP2 targets the protein to the fusion site in Chlamydomonas and regulates the fusion reaction

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 962-971

  Liu, Yanjie ^a   Pei, Jimin ^a   Grishin, Nick ^a   Snell, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell fusion; Chlamydomonas; Gamete membrane fusion reaction; GCS1; HAP2

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HAP2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GAMETE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; CELL FUSION; GENETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EUKARYOTA;

CELL FUSION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84923287323     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.118844     Document Type: Article

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