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Snare-mediated Fusion

SNARE-Mediated Fusion is a molecular mechanism of intracellular membrane fusion in which the formation of a coiled-coil SNARE complex between vesicle and target membranes provides the energy required to overcome repulsive forces and drive lipid bilayer merging.

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SNAP receptors implicated in vesicle targeting and fusion

Thomas Söllner, Sidney W. Whiteheart, Michael Brunner et al. · Nature · 1993 · 3.2K citations

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SNAREpins: Minimal Machinery for Membrane Fusion

Thomas Weber, Boris V. Zemelman, James A. McNew et al. · Cell · 1998 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Crystal structure of a SNARE complex involved in synaptic exocytosis at 2.4 Å resolution

R. Bryan Sutton, Dirk Fasshauer, Reinhard Jahn et al. · Nature · 1998 · 2.4K citations

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The Hairpin-type Tail-Anchored SNARE Syntaxin 17 Targets to Autophagosomes for Fusion with Endosomes/Lysosomes

Eisuke Itakura, Chieko Kishi‐Itakura, Noboru Mizushima · Cell · 2012 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Conserved structural features of the synaptic fusion complex: SNARE proteins reclassified as Q- and R-SNAREs

Dirk Fasshauer, R. Bryan Sutton, Axel T. Brünger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 1.1K citations

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    Reinhard Jahn

    Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

    66 publications · 10.9K citations

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    William Wickner

    Dartmouth College, United States

    52 publications · 5.5K citations

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    James E. Rothman

    Yale University, United States

    37 publications · 11.5K citations

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    Edwin R. Chapman

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    36 publications · 4K citations

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    Axel T. Brünger

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    33 publications · 6K citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    76 h-index

    407 publications

    62.8K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

    Göttingen, Germany

    64 h-index

    353 publications

    55.7K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    51 h-index

    321 publications

    35.6K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    50 h-index

    266 publications

    30.2K citations

  5. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    45 h-index

    172 publications

    19.9K citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    41 h-index

    191 publications

    19.6K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    182 publications

    11.7K citations

  8. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

    36 h-index

    186 publications

    27.9K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 120 publications · 12.7K citations

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  2. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 86 publications · 10.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 152 publications · 11.1K citations

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  4. Molecular Biology of the Cell

    MBC · 79 publications · 7.4K citations

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  5. The EMBO Journal

    39 publications · 5.6K citations

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