Control systems for membrane fusion in the ancestral eukaryote; evolution of tethering complexes and SM proteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In membrane trafficking, the mechanisms ensuring vesicle fusion specificity remain to be fully elucidated. Early models proposed that specificity was encoded entirely by SNARE proteins; more recent models include contributions from R...

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Main Authors: Coulson Richard MR, Dacks Joel B, Koumandou V Lila, Field Mark C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/29