HID-1 is required for homotypic fusion of immature secretory granules during maturation

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue OCTOBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Du, Wen ^a   Zhou, Maoge ^a,b   Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Cheng, Dongwan ^a   Wang, Lifen ^a   Lu, Jingze ^a   Song, Eli ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Xue, Yanhong ^a   Xu, Pingyong ^a,b   Xu, Tao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD INVOLUTION DEFECTIVE PROTEIN; PROINSULIN; HID-1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RETROVIRIDAE; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PROINSULIN; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 84994476433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.18134     Document Type: Article

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