Arabidopsis HAP2/GCS1 is a gamete fusion protein homologous to somatic and viral fusogens

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 571-581

  Valansi, Clari ^a   Moi, David ^b   Leikina, Evgenia ^c   Matveev, Elena ^a   Graña, Martín ^d   Chernomordik, Leonid V ^c   Romero, Héctor ^e   Aguilar, Pablo S ^b   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

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

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL FUSION FAILURE 1 PROTEIN; HAPLESS 2 PROTEIN GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1 PROTEIN FUSION PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; EFF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HAP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; GAMETE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VESICULOVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRICETINAE; GERM CELLS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 85019234287     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201610093     Document Type: Article

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